AviatDataAshgabat International Airport ASB / UTAA
Ashgabat, Ashgabat · Turkmenistan · Türkmenhowaýollary State National Service (state civil aviation agency, Government of Turkmenistan — also the parent of Turkmenistan Airlines, spun out as a joint-stock company in 2017)
1.0Mpax · 2025
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAUTAA / ASB
OperatorTürkmenhowaýollary State National Service (state civil aviation agency, Government of Turkmenistan — also the parent of Turkmenistan Airlines, spun out as a joint-stock company in 2017)
Coordinates37.9868°N, 58.3610°E
Elevation692 ft · 211 m
Time zoneTMT (UTC+5, no DST)
Passengers / yr1,000,000 (2025)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceUTAA — Turkmenistan has no publicly accessible eAIP/AIS portal; runway, ILS and facility data cross-checked against OurAirports, Wikipedia and industry trade sources rather than a primary AIP source
Operating hoursH24 (tower and full airport services); no published curfew, though scheduled international movements are thin relative to the terminal's size.
TerminalsSingle falcon-shaped main terminal (opened September 2016, built by Turkey's Polimeks to a design by the Netherlands' Ibelings van Tilburg Architecten, reported cost ~US$2.25bn) rated for 14 mppa (9M international / 5M domestic), plus a separate 3 mppa secondary terminal — combined design capacity of roughly 17 mppa against actual traffic of only about 1 million passengers a year.
Runways (2)
- 11L/29R · 3,800 m / 12,467 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT II
- 11R/29L · 3,800 m / 12,467 ft · 60 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS CAT II
Airport contact
Traffic figures are estimates: Turkmenistan publishes no official passenger series. The airport's opening year, 2016, saw about 1.3 million passengers; the airport itself claimed only 'over 700,000' for 2023, and an independent aviation forecasting firm separately put Turkmenistan's total national air traffic at about 2.29 million in 2023 rising to roughly 2.62 million by 2028 — treat all pax numbers here as directional, not audited. The 2016-built falcon-shaped terminal complex (14 mppa main terminal plus 3 mppa secondary terminal) runs at a small fraction of its design capacity because Turkmenistan's aviation market remains tightly state-controlled and visa-restricted, so planners should expect thin scheduled frequencies, near-monopoly reliance on state carrier Turkmenistan Airlines for ground handling, and very limited independently published operational data. Note: no source (including the airport's own website) supports an 'Oguzhan' airport name — the only historical rename was from Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy International Airport to the current name at the 2016 terminal opening.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Türkmenhowaýollary (Turkmenistan Civil Aviation Agency — Ashgabat Airport Authority)
Ashgabat/Oguzhan International Airport is wholly government-owned and operated by the Türkmenhowaýollary Agency (confirmed via Wikipedia's airport-facilities entry); as the sole civil-aviation authority in a fully closed, state-controlled market, ramp/passenger handling is presumed self-provided — no independently contracted third-party handler documented.
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Turkmenistan Airlines (Türkmenhowaýollary JSC)
Self-handled, Turkmenistan Airlines — as the dominant/near-sole scheduled operator at its home base, the flag carrier self-handles its own turnarounds in-house; unconfirmed whether the small number of foreign carriers serving ASB are handled the same way.
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Aircraft fuel
Unconfirmed
Türkmenhowaýollary (Turkmenistan Civil Aviation Agency — Ashgabat Airport Authority)
Wikipedia's airport facilities entry confirms "fueling stations" among the amenities built with the 2016 terminal; into-plane Jet A-1 supply is presumed state-operated via the airport authority — no separately named fuel-supply company identified.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed
Turkmenistan Airlines (Türkmenhowaýollary JSC)
In-house, Turkmenistan Airlines — inferred transit/daily-check and AOG line support for the carrier's own fleet at its home base; no separate engineering-unit documentation located.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Available
Turkmenistan Airlines (Türkmenhowaýollary JSC)
Wikipedia's airport facilities entry confirms a maintenance hangar sized for three narrow-body aircraft at ASB; attributed to Turkmenistan Airlines as the home-based operator, though the specific operating entity for the hangar is not separately named in sourcing.
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Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Unconfirmed
Turkmenistan Airlines (Türkmenhowaýollary JSC)
Wikipedia's airport facilities entry references on-site "catering" among the 2016 terminal's amenities; no separately named flight-kitchen operator found — presumed in-house given Turkmenistan Airlines self-handles virtually all operations at its home base.
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Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
Türkmenhowaýollary (Turkmenistan Civil Aviation Agency — Ashgabat Airport Authority)
Aircraft cabin cleaning and lavatory/water servicing is typically bundled into the state ground-handling operation at a closed-market field like ASB; no separately named cleaning contractor found.
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Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
Türkmenhowaýollary (Turkmenistan Civil Aviation Agency — Ashgabat Airport Authority)
Standard ramp GSE (GPU, tugs, belt loaders, air-start units) is presumed held/operated by the state airport authority as the sole ground-services provider at ASB; no named GSE contractor or fleet detail found — inferred from airport-operator status only.
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Cargo handling
Available
Turkmenistan Airlines (Türkmenhowaýollary JSC)
Operates the 17,174 m2 cargo terminal at ASB (confirmed via turkmenistanairlines.tm's own cargo-terminal presentation page) with export/import zones, cold storage (3x40m2 export, 3x53m2 import cooling rooms), animal/plant/valuables rooms, dangerous-goods warehouse, ETV automated system, X-ray screening, forklifts and high-loaders; capacity is stated as 200 tons of cargo per annum — confirmed consistently on both the airline's own page and Wikipedia's independent airport-facilities entry (no source conflict found on re-check).
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Aviation security
Available · 2 providers
Türkmenhowaýollary (Turkmenistan Civil Aviation Agency — Ashgabat Airport Authority)
Aviation-security screening/guarding at ASB falls under Turkmenistan's fully state-run civil-aviation framework administered by Türkmenhowaýollary; no separately named private security contractor identified.
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Turkmenistan Airlines (Türkmenhowaýollary JSC)
Cargo terminal holds an RA3 regulated-agent/air-cargo-security certificate, number TM/RA3/00001-01 — confirmed present on turkmenistanairlines.tm's own cargo-terminal page via independent search verification; certificate's listed expiry (02/09/2024) could not be and has passed at time of, so current validity/renewal remains unconfirmed.
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Passenger & crew transport
Unconfirmed
Türkmenhowaýollary (Turkmenistan Civil Aviation Agency — Ashgabat Airport Authority)
Airside/landside shuttle and apron transport presumed handled in-house by the airport authority for the near-sole home carrier's passengers and crew; no separately named operator found. (Note: a taxi company, Awtomobil Ulag Hyzmaty, is documented offering ground transport at ASB per Wikipedia, but this serves the public/curbside, not airline pax/crew apron transport.)
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Flight support
On request
FCG OPS Ashkhabad Handling
Station page of the FCG OPS trip-support/handling network (fcgops.aero/airports/utaa/) confirmed live with a dedicated Ashgabat (UTAA) station listing VIP-hall passenger handling and Jet A-1 fuel coordination; contact email and phone independently verified matching the draft exactly. A foreign (Riga-headquartered) network's designated local agent rather than a wholly independent local company;
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Hotel & travel
Available
Laçyn Hotel
Airside/transit-zone hotel at Ashgabat International Airport used for crew layovers and connecting passengers — confirmed on Wikipedia's airport facilities entry ('Laçyn Hotel located in the transit zone of Ashgabat International Airport'); no separate operator website or contract terms located.
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