Airport

Samarkand International Airport

Place type
Airport
Elevation
670 m

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The field account

 Samarkand international airport situated in Samarkand region of Uzbekistan. Located on the northern outskirts of the city of Samarkand.

Airport as a strategic site plays has a huge role in the development of the regional economy, including tourism. Passenger service is elevated to a new airport terminal, taxiways were reconstructed, a new building of the dispatch service, installed modern air navigation equipment. The capacity of the current terminal - 400 passengers per hour. In the airport there are all kinds of services provided by international standards: VIP-and CIP-halls, mother and child room, medical center, booking office, post office, international telecommunications services, bars, restaurant, currency exchange, shop «Duty Free» . The distance from the airport to the city center is 8 km away.

In 2004, the airport "Samarkand" recognized as the best among CIS airports in the nomination "The volume of traffic to 100,000 passengers," the contest "Best Airport of the Year".

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