Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 232 m / 761 ft Elevation 232 m | Serves Semey Website airportsemey.kz/ Code PLX Phone +7 722 236 0222 | |
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Operator JSC "Semey International Airport" Location 10 km (6.2 mi) SW of Semey Similar Новостр, Zhana‑Se, ТОО "Рекламн агентств, S7 Airlines, Kazkomm | ||
Semey Airport (also given as Semey) (IATA: PLX, ICAO: UASS) is an airport in Semey, Kazakhstan located 10 km (6.2 mi) south-west of the city. It services large airliners. The airfield contains two groups of alert fighter pads. A 400 m (1,300 ft) overrun exists at each end of runway 08/26.
Declassified CIA documents indicated that in the late 1960s during the height of the Sino-Soviet split this airfield was a bomber staging base for Chinese targets and at times the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder was identified here.
The Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-31 were based here at various times.
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