Oskemen Airport
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Oskemen Airport or Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport is an airport in Kazakhstan
. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northwest of Oskemen
, also known as Ust-Kamenogorsk , the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. The airport services small transport planes
.
of 939 feet (286 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt
paved runway
designated 12/30 which measures 2510 by 42 m (8,234.9 by 137.8 ).
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. It is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northwest of Oskemen
Oskemen
Oskemen and Ust-Kamennaya , is the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. It is served by the Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport.-History:...
, also known as Ust-Kamenogorsk , the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. The airport services small transport planes
Regional jet
A Regional jet , is a class of short to medium-range turbofan powered airliners.-History:The term "Regional jet" describes a range of short to medium-haul turbofan powered aircraft, whose use throughout the world expanded after the advent of Airline Deregulation in the United States in...
.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 939 feet (286 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
paved runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 12/30 which measures 2510 by 42 m (8,234.9 by 137.8 ).