Airports / Kyrgyzstan / UAFW
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
20 nm
To the nearest alternate
Manas International Airport (BSZ).
Overview
Kant Air Base, listed as UAFW, is a mid-sized airport in Kant, Kyrgyzstan. The airport sits 2,549 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into UAFW for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Manas International Airport (BSZ, 20 nm), Issyk-Kul International Airport (IKU, 83 nm), and Almaty International Airport (ALA, 101 nm).
Charter pricing from UAFW depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Kant.
Field capability
ICAO
UAFW
IATA
—
FAA / Local
UAFW
Elevation
2,549 ft
Coordinates
42.8532° N · 74.8465° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Kyrgyzstan fields
state range 2,058–5,590 ft
At 2,549 ft, UAFW sits lower than 71% of the 7 Kyrgyzstan fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 20nmBSZManas International AirportBishkek
- 83nmIKUIssyk-Kul International AirportTamchy
- 101nmALAAlmaty International AirportAlmaty
- 142nmKG-0001Jalal-Abad AirportJalal-Abad
- 156nmDMBTaraz International AirportTaraz
- 159nmIKGKarakol International AirportKarakol
Location
Open the full mapUAFW · Kant Air Base · Kant, Kyrgyzstan