Muynak Airport
Airport in Muynak, Uzbekistan
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Muynak Airport (Karakalpak: Moynaq aeroportı; Uzbek: Moʻynoq aeroporti) (IATA: MOK, ICAO: UZNM) is an airport located in the city of Moynak, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan. It is considered as small type airport in terms of its capacity to transport passengers.
Muynak Airport Moynaq aeroportı Moʻynoq aeroporti | |||||||||||
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| Serves | Moʻynoq | ||||||||||
| Location | Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1947 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 177 ft (54 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°45′18″N 59°1′51″E | ||||||||||
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  UTNM Location of airport in Uzbekistan | |||||||||||
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History
In 1947, Muynak Airport was built, and was classified as a 3rd class airport. It was capable of handling An-24, Yak-40 and additional light aircraft, as well as helicopters and so on. From the 1960s until the early 1990s, an An-2 aircraft link was based at the aerodrome; up to 19 passenger flights per day were made on local air lines (in particular, to Kungrad, Nukus, Urgench, Takhtakupyr, Kazakhdarya, Aspantay, Tuley) points. Since the 1990s, it has been used as a landing platform for aerial work (in particular, for agrochemical measures to combat locust foci in the southern Aral Sea region).[4]
Present
In 2019, the reconstruction of Muynak Airport began under a government program aimed at improving the social-economic development of the region. The total cost of the project amounted to 300 billion soums, one third of which was allocated to the construction of a new 2.3 km long runway. In August 2020, the reconstruction was completed, with the first aircraft to land being an Airbus A320.[4]
