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Almaty FIR

 General Information

Almaty FIR covers southern airspace of Kazakhstan. The FIR includes Almaty international airport (UAAA, АLA) and local airports of Boralday (UAAR, BJX), Taldykorgan (UAAT, TDK), Balkhash (UAAH, BHX). ATC is provided in both Russian and English languages. Vertical separation rule is semicircular metric CVSM separation.

Since 21st of November, 2007 aircrafts entering the airspace of People Republic of China via SARIN, BAMAN, RULAD and REVKI intersections must climb or descend to the metric RVSM level in the airspace of Republic of Kazakhstan. Aircrafts entering Kazakh airspace must climb or descend to a metric CVSM level in Chinese airspace. Remember that pilots must use feet altimeter in China, though ATC clearances are given in meters.

Virtual FIR chief - Dmitriy Purgin (PID 992584, dpurgin at gmail dot com)

 Almaty International Airport 

The airport exists since 1935 and has an advantageous geographical location on the route from South-Eastern Asia to Europe and back The Great Silk Road from China to other parts of the globe passes through our city since the earliest times. The high status of the leading airport of the Republic makes it necessary to provide services that are continually improved and modern. 

The airport is situated in 18 km to the north-west of city center. After reconstruction in 1998 the airport was awarded a status of International Airport. Runway 05/23 is equipped with the ILS system meeting all requirements on ICAO CAT I and CAT II meteorological minimas respectively. Runway size is 4400x45 m.

In 2008 a new runway will be put into service. Its size is 4500x60 and it will provide ICAO CAT I and CAT III minimas.

Airport elevation is +681 m, local time UTC+06 (no daylight saving), 24 hours a day in service. 

 Current Weather

UAAA 280500Z 02002MPS 010V080 9999 SKC 22/06 Q1013 05CLRD65 NOSIG RMK QFE701/0935

This is a report for Almaty, Kazakhstan. The report was made 12 minutes ago, at 05:00 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 2 meters per second (4.5 miles per hour) from north/northeast (020°), varying between north (010°) and east (080°). The temperature was 22 °C (72 °F), with a dew-point at 6 °C (43 °F). The temperature felt like 25 °C (77 °F). The atmospheric pressure was 1013 hPa (29.91 inHg). The relative humidity was 35.4%. The sky was clear. The overall visibility was greater than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).

 NOTAM

K0401/08 - RWY 23 ILS LLZ GP U/S. 03 AUG 00:00 2008 UNTIL 04 AUG 23:59 2008 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 28 JUL 05:14 2008

K0397/08 - RWY 23 ILS CAT II NOT PROVIDED. 24 JUL 13:00 2008 UNTIL 01 AUG 13:00 2008. CREATED: 24 JUL 10:39 2008

K0396/08 - RWY 05/23 ILS CAT I NOT PROVIDED. 24 JUL 13:00 2008 UNTIL 01 AUG 13:00 2008. CREATED: 24 JUL 10:37 2008

K0393/08 - SEGMENT OF TWY C FROM TWY H TO RWY CLSD IN NIGHT TIME ONLY. SEGMENT OF TWY L FROM TWY H TO TWY C CLSD IN NIGHT TIME ONLY. 21 JUL 03:30 2008 UNTIL 30 SEP 23:59 2008. CREATED: 21 JUL 04:33 2008

K0392/08 - NEW TWY NAMES INSTL:
TWY 1 - TWY A
TWY 2 - TWY B
TWY 8 - TWY H
TWY 3 - TWY C
TWY 5 - TWY L. 21 JUL 04:00 2008 UNTIL PERM. CREATED: 21 JUL 03:57 2008

K0039/08 - RWY 05/23 CLSD DUE TO WIP: MON 0815/1015. 05 MAY 08:15 2008 UNTIL 20 OCT 10:15 2008. CREATED: 11 FEB 09:09 2008

 Balkhash Airport

Balkhash military and civil airport is situated in 5 km to the north of Balkhash town. It is a 2nd class airfield suitable for helicopters of all types and such aircrafts as Tupolev 134 and 154, Ilyushin 14, 18, 76, Antonov 2, 8, 12, 24, Yakovlev 40, 42 and lighter. Concrete runway 02/20 size is 2500x42. Nowadays this airfield is used mostly as a military one.

Airifield elevation is +440 m, local time UTC+06 (no daylight saving), 24 hours a day in service.

 Links

Almaty airport scenery:

http://www.avsim.ru/files.phtml?action=download&id=2838 

Almaty aiport charts (Jeppessen):

http://vatisgen.sourceforge.net/UAAA-260807.pdf.rar 

China RVSM conversion table:

http://www.ifalpa.org/rvsm/China%20RVSM%20Standalone.jpg

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Flights

  • SBI4045 Jean-Pierre Godet - LFOB
    UWGG-URKK (B/IL62/F)
  • SDM342 Viktor Zdohlii UOOO
    ULMM-ULLI (T/T154/G)
  • UZB246 Golovin Gleb UTTT
    UTTT-USSS (B763)

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