Airports / Kyrgyzstan / IKU
Issyk-Kul International Airport
UCFL / IKUTamchy, KyrgyzstanELEV 5,425 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
49 nm
To the nearest alternate
Almaty International Airport (ALA).
Overview
Issyk-Kul International Airport (UCFL / IKU) is a large commercial airport serving Tamchy, Kyrgyzstan. The field lies at an elevation of 5,425 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
IKU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Almaty International Airport (ALA, 49 nm), Karakol International Airport (IKG, 76 nm), and Kant Air Base (UAFW, 83 nm).
Quotes for flights out of IKU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as UAFL and Issyk-Kul Airport. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from IKU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
UCFL
IATA
IKU
FAA / Local
IKU
Elevation
5,425 ft
Coordinates
42.5856° N · 76.7012° 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 Kyrgyzstan fields
state range 2,058–5,590 ft
At 5,425 ft, IKU sits higher than 71% of the 7 Kyrgyzstan fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 49nmALAAlmaty International AirportAlmaty
- 76nmIKGKarakol International AirportKarakol
- 83nmUAFWKant Air BaseKant
- 102nmBSZManas International AirportBishkek
- 170nmTDKTaldykorgan AirportTaldykorgan
- 179nmAKUAksu Hongqipo AirportAksu (Onsu)
Location
Open the full mapUCFL · Issyk-Kul International Airport · Tamchy, Kyrgyzstan