Altai Airport, located in Mongolia and serving the city of Altai, is an important air hub of this region. Despite its modesty, it plays a key role in providing air connectivity of this place with other regions of the country.
The distance from the airport to the city center is only 3 kilometers, making it easily accessible to the passengers. Both scheduled and charter flights of various airlines are operated at this airport. Apart from this, the city of Altai has no other airports, making Altai Airport the only option for air travel.
Altai
Govi-Altai
Mongolia
Altai is a small town of 16,000 inhabitants and the capital of the province of Gobi-Altai, also called Yesönbulag.
The city is located nearly 1000 km southwest of Ulan Bator, and 2180 meters above sea level, making it the highest city in Mongolia.
Altai Airport has a dirt runway that regularly serves Arvaikheer and Ulaanbaatar.