Isfana Airport

Isfana Airport started its operations in the 1940s as a landing strip near the town of Isfana, in Leylek district of the Batken Oblast. After Kalacha Airport, serving the coal mining town of Sulukta (16 km north of Isfana), was closed, Isfana Airport started serving Sulukta residents as well. The current runway and terminal were built in 1974. In the Soviet years, it received aircraft such as Yak-40, An-2, An-26, An-28, BAE-146-200 and helicopters of all types. It is a regional class 3C airport. The runway has a weight limit of 22 tonnes, and has no instrument landing facilities and operates only during daylight hours.

In the late 1980s, Isfana Airport halted its operation because of technical problems. It remained closed for twenty years. In 2007, after the terminal and the track were repaired, the airport was reopened. In 2019-2020, the 1700 meters track was again repaired and the terminal new rebuilt.

Although Isfana Airport is near the border with Tajikistan, it has no customs and border control checks and serves only flights to and from Bishkek Manas Airport.