Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport ( Kyrgyz: Исхак Раззаков Исфана аэропорту) is an

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Isfana Razzakov (; ), formerly known as Isfana, is a town in the extreme western end of Batken Region in southern Kyrgyzstan. The town is located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley, in a region surrounded on three sides by Tajikistan. It was ren ...

and Sulukta, towns in

Leilek District Leylek District () is a district of Batken Region in south-western Kyrgyzstan. It borders with Batken District in the east, and Tajikistan in the south, west, and north. Its area is , and its resident population was 146,020 in 2021. The administra ...

Batken Region Batken is a Regions of Kyrgyzstan, region of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Batken. It is bounded on the east by Osh Region, on the south, west and north by Tajikistan, and on the northeast by Uzbekistan. The northern part of the region is part of th ...

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Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

. The Russian IATA code for Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport is ИФА. Although Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport is near the border with

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, it has no customs and border control checks and serves only flights within Kyrgyzstan. The terminal complex is designed to handle domestic flights during daylight hours.

History

Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport started its operations in the 1940s as a landing strip near the town of Isfana. After Kalacha Airport, serving the

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town of Sulukta (16 km north of Isfana), was closed, Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport started serving Sulukta residents as well. The current runway and terminal were built in 1974. It is a regional class 3C airport. The runway has a weight limit of 22 tonnes, and has no instrument landing facilities and operates only during daylight hours. In Soviet times, it accommodated aircraft such as the

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-200, and helicopters of all types. In the early 1990s, Isfana Iskhak Razzakov Airport halted its operation because of technical problems. It remained closed for twenty years. In 2007, after the terminal and the track were repaired, the airport was reopened. It was temporarily closed in early 2014, but was reopened later that year. The airport was closed once again from November 2019 to June 2020 while the terminal and runway were renovated. As part of a joint project in 2019, a new terminal was built with a total area of 553 square meters, featuring new check-in counters, screening equipment, a baggage carousel, and a mother-and-child room. The reconstruction was completed in July 2020. In 2020, the airport was renamed in honor of

Iskhak Razzakov Iskhak Razzak uulu Razzakov ( – 19 March 1979) was a Kyrgyz Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of Communist Party of Kirghizia from 7 July 1950 to 9 May 1961. Early life Razzakov was born in the village of , in what was then the ...

who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of the

Kyrgyz SSR The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR), also known as the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kyrgyz SSR), KySSR or Kirgiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirgiz SSR), was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of ...

Facilities

The runway is 1,735 meters long and 35 meters wide.
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Airlines and destinations

References

External links

* Airports in Kyrgyzstan Airports built in the Soviet Union Razzakov {{Kyrgyzstan-transport-stub