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Kokshetau International Airport (IATA: KOV, ICAO: UACK; Kazakh: Халықаралық Көкшетау Әуежайы, romanized: Halyqaralyq Kökşetau Äuejaıy, Russian: Междунаро́дный аэропо́рт Кокшета́у) is an international airport in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. It is the primary international airport serving Kokshetau, and also the nearest to the Burabay National Park and Kokshetau National Park. Opened in 1945, it is the seventeenth-busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in Kazakhstan, with 21,683 passengers in calendar year 2019. The airport is located 12.5 km (7.8 mi) north-east from the centre of Kokshetau, the capital of Akmola Region in the northern part of Kazakhstan. The airport began its new operational phase on 21 October 2013, with new building and runway structure, replacing old structure on the same site. The airport features one fully reconstructed passenger terminal and one runway, which handles both domestic and international operations. The airport is served year-round by low-cost carrier FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines and on a seasonal basis by IrAero, and was formerly a hub for Air Kokshetau operations which was also headquartered in the city. The main route is the service to Almaty, operated by both FlyArystan and SCAT Airlines. The airport is managed by Airport Management Group (AMG), a government-owned corporation that manages almost all public airports in Kazakhstan. The facility opened in 1945 (1945) as Kokchetav Airport (the airport's current IATA code, KOV, is derived from the city's previous name of Kokchetav).

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