Recently, there has been an increase in interest in Kazakhstan among tourists. And there is an explanation for this. Kazakhstan is the largest country among all the CIS republics. The state is located in the very center of Eurasia, and modernity and antiquity, Western manners and Eastern traditions are closely intertwined here. Many travelers here are also attracted by the endless steppes, harsh mountains and clear lakes.
Since Kazakhstan became independent, its development has gone by leaps and bounds. Modern cities of Kazakhstan are not inferior in their development to European ones. Tourists who come to Kazakhstan are offered such excursion routes as medical, ethnic, eco-tours. Mountaineering, hunting and fishing are also developed.
A bit of history
At the end of the 30s of the last century, aviation began in the city of Kostanay. Then the young airline served local airlines, which were passenger flights and agricultural flights. The aircraft fleet then consisted of small aircraft.
The first passenger air route was Kostanay- Alma-Ata. Then the airline was located to the north-west of the city, now this place is the city's flying club. And the first staff of the new airline consisted of eight pilots of 3rd and 4th class.
During the Great Patriotic War, the air hub was engaged in the delivery of mail and cargo for various purposes to the most remote regions of Kazakhstan. In August 1942, the Stalingrad aviation school was opened on the basis of the Kostanay airfield, which trained pilots for the front.
After the war, the Kostanay airfield resumed passenger and agricultural flights. By 1970, a new Kostanay air complex was built and opened, which is successfully operating to this day.
Kostanay Airport today
Many travelers arrive in Kazakhstan through "Narimanovka" (airport, Kostanay). Narimanovka has the status of an international air complex and serves regular flights of such airlines as Air Astana, SCAT and Irtysh-Air. All airlines from Kostanay airport pass through Astana airport.
In addition, there are flights for various purposes with a long stopover in Alma-Ata. Flights are made from Almaty to the airport (Kostanay) with stops in Astana and Atyrau. And there are direct flights from Astana to Kostanay: the flight time is 2 hours 20 minutes.
In addition to local air carriers, the air hub in Kostanay serves the Russian company Transaero, the German Hamburg International Luftverk and the Belarusian Belavia. Thesethe companies operate flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Hannover, Munich, as well as to other cities of Russia and countries near and far abroad.
All detailed information on departures and arrivals of aircraft can be obtained by calling the airport (Kostanay), whose phone number is easy to find in the information services.
Infrastructure
Airport "Narimanovka" today is a modern building, which offers passengers a standard package of services. Information airport (Kostanay) - a place where travelers can get all the information about the arrival and departure of aircraft. The air complex has ticket offices, luggage storage, shops, restaurants, a medical center and car parking.
Technical data
The airport (Kostanay) belongs to the second class airports. The airline has three runways. The first lane, 2,500 meters long, is covered with asph alt concrete. The other two lanes, 2,750 meters and 1,600 meters long, are unpaved and hardly used in practice.
The airfield "Narimanovka" has runways, the height of which is 181 meters above sea level. Class 2 air hub can receive aircraft weighing up to 140 tons.
