Editing Astana (section)

=== Air ===
[[File:210720_NQZ_Terminal_view.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport]]]]

[[Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport]] {{airport codes|NQZ|UACC}}, located {{convert|17|km}} south-east of the city center, is the main gateway for the city's domestic and international civilian air traffic.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aeroport.kz/city/astana | script-title=ru:Международный аэропорт Астаны | trans-title=Astana International Airport | publisher=Aeroport.kz | language=ru | access-date=22 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108183014/http://aeroport.kz/city/astana | archive-date=8 November 2017 | url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the second-busiest airport in Kazakhstan, with 7,500,000 passengers passing through it in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.astanaairport.kz/?page_id=533 | title=Passenger traffic | publisher=Astana International Airport | access-date=16 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503083724/http://en.astanaairport.kz/?page_id=533 | archive-date=3 May 2014 | url-status=dead}}</ref> The airport hosts 21 airlines operating regular passenger flights inside the country and internationally.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.astanaairport.kz/?page_id=581 | title=General information | publisher=Astana International Airport | access-date=16 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215222209/http://en.astanaairport.kz/?page_id=581 | archive-date=15 February 2015 | url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Air Astana]] maintains its second-largest hub at the airport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/companies/No-Peoples-IPO-for-Air-Astana-in-near-future-Samruk-Kazyna-254903/ |title=No People's IPO for Air Astana in near future: Samruk Kazyna |publisher=Tengrinews.kz |date=31 July 2014 |access-date=17 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216231827/http://en.tengrinews.kz/companies/No-Peoples-IPO-for-Air-Astana-in-near-future-Samruk-Kazyna-254903/ |archive-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> An expected 50% increase in passenger traffic by 2017 has spurred the construction of a new terminal with an area of about {{Convert|40000|m2|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/295 |title=Passenger traffic in Astana airport to increase to 5 million passengers a year by 2017 |publisher=Akimat of Astana |date=26 February 2013 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216002223/http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/295 |archive-date=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/6643 |title=New Passenger Terminal will be created after the Capitals Airport Reconstruction |publisher=Akimat of Astana |date=6 November 2014 |access-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215220311/http://astana.gov.kz/en/modules/material/6643 |archive-date=15 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>