Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport

Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (UACC) is a large airport in Astana, AST, Kazakhstan. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code UACC or IATA code NQZ. It sits in Asia.

Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport is a commercial-airline hub that also handles a steady stream of private and corporate traffic. Mixed commercial and private operations mean planners should expect slot coordination, handling agent involvement, and the usual international hub procedures.

Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport lies at 1,165 ft elevation.

Local operations run on Asia/Almaty. Because the field hosts scheduled airline operations, private operators should expect a defined slot environment, possible CDM coordination at peak banks, and limited ramp availability during major event weekends. Booking FBO ramp space in advance is normal practice.

SkyAccess inventory for UACC updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.

As one of the larger fields in Kazakhstan, UACC tends to be the natural choice for long-range international charters and crew-rest-required flights.

Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, alternatively referred by its previous name as Astana International Airport until 2017, is the international airport serving Astana, Kazakhstan, the capital and second most populous city in the country. It is the primary aviation hub for northern Kazakhstan. Regionally, it stands as the third-busiest international air passenger gateway into Central Asia. The airport is also the second-busiest airport in Kazakhstan and the 9th busiest in the Post-Soviet states in terms of total passenger traffic, air traffic movements and total cargo handled, with 8,315,108 passengers served in 2024. On average, the airport handles more than 200 departures a day.