Airports / Kazakhstan / CIT
Shymkent International Airport
UAII / CITShymkent, KazakhstanELEV 1,385 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
63 nm
To the nearest alternate
Tashkent-Khumo International Airport (TVT).
Overview
Located in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Shymkent International Airport (UAII / CIT) operates as a large commercial airport. The field lies at an elevation of 1,385 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
CIT has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Tashkent-Khumo International Airport (TVT, 63 nm), Tashkent International Airport (TAS, 67 nm), and Hazrat Sultan International Airport (HSA, 70 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CIT vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Chimkent Airport and Аэропорт Шымкент. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CIT, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
UAII
IATA
CIT
FAA / Local
UAII
Elevation
1,385 ft
Coordinates
42.3650° N · 69.4756° 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
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Kazakhstan fields
state range -72–2,234 ft
At 1,385 ft, CIT sits higher than 74% of the 27 Kazakhstan fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 63nmTVTTashkent-Khumo International AirportTashkent
- 67nmTASTashkent International AirportTashkent
- 70nmHSAHazrat Sultan International AirportTurkıstan
- 86nmDMBTaraz International AirportTaraz
- 125nmNMANamangan International AirportNamangan
- 129nmLBDKhujand International AirportKhujand
Location
Open the full mapUAII · Shymkent International Airport · Shymkent, Kazakhstan