Toktogul Airport

Toktogul Airport
Токтогул аэропорту
IATA: none (ТГЛ)ICAO: UAFX
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government
Serves Toktogul
Location Toktogul District, Jalal-Abad Region
Elevation AMSL 3,157 ft / 962 m
Coordinates 41°52′40″N 072°51′44″E / 41.87778°N 72.86222°E / 41.87778; 72.86222Coordinates: 41°52′40″N 072°51′44″E / 41.87778°N 72.86222°E / 41.87778; 72.86222
Map
UAFX
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
1,500 4,921 Asphalt [1]

Toktogul Airport (Kyrgyz: Токтогул аэропорту, Russian: Токтогулский аэропорт) (IATA: none (ТГЛ), ICAO: UAFX) is an airport outside of Toktogul, an urban-type settlement in Toktogul District of Jalal-Abad Province (oblast) of Kyrgyzstan. The Russian IATA code for Toktogul Airport is ТГЛ.[2]

Toktogul Airport started its operations in the 1950s to serve the transportation needs of the engineers of the nearby Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Plant. The current runway was built in the 1970s. The airport has no terminal, and has no instrument landing facilities and operates only during daylight hours.

Until the 1990s, the airport had flights to Jalal-Abad (Jalal-Abad—Toktogul—Talas), Osh (Osh—Jalal-Abad—Toktogul—Talas) and Talas (Talas—Toktogul—Jalal-Abad).

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