Editing Transport in Kyrgyzstan (section)

== Airports ==
{{See also|List of airports in Kyrgyzstan}}
[[Image:Antonov An-2 Tamchi.jpg|thumb|In the little airfield in [[Tamchy]] village on [[Issyk Kul Lake]]'s north shore]]
[[File:Kyrgyzstan Air Antonov AN-24 prepares for flight QH6 to Bishkek, Jalal-Abad Airport, Kyrgyzstan, March 7, 2010.JPG|thumb|[[Kyrgyzstan Air Company]] Antonov AN-24 in Jalal-Abad Airport prepares for flight to Bishkek, March 7, 2010.]]
At the end of the Soviet period there were about 50 airports and airstrips in Kyrgyzstan, many of them built primarily to serve military purposes in this border region so close to China.  Only a few of them remain in service today.

There are four airports with international flights, namely in [[Manas International Airport|Bishkek]], [[Osh Airport|Osh]], [[Tamchy Airport|Tamchy]] and [[Karakol International Airport|Karakol]].

* [[Manas International Airport]] near [[Bishkek]] is the main international terminal, with flights to [[Moscow]], [[Tashkent]], [[Dushanbe]], [[Istanbul]], [[Baku]] and [[Muscat]].
* [[Osh Airport]] is the main air terminal in the south, with daily connections to Bishkek and beyond.
* [[Jalal-Abad Airport]] is linked to Bishkek by daily flights operated by [[Kyrgyzstan Air Company]], [[Avia Traffic Company]], [[Air Bishkek]] and [[Sky Bishkek]] on [[BAe-146]] and [[Saab-340]] as well as weekly flights to [[Aksy District]] and [[Toguz-Toro District]].
* [[Tamchy Airport|Issyk-Kul International Airport]] is linked to Almaty in summers by flights operated by [[SCAT (airline)|SCAT]] on Yakovlev [[YAK-42]] Bishkek, Jalal-Abad and Osh.
* [[Karakol International Airport]] is linked to Almaty in winters by flights operated by [[SCAT (airline)|SCAT]] on Antonov [[AN-24]].
* [[Kazarman Airport]] is linked to Jalal-Abad, Osh and Bishkek by flights operated by [[Sky Bishkek]] on [[Saab-340]].
* [[Kerben Airport]] is linked to Jalal-Abad and Bishkek by flights operated by [[Sky Bishkek]] on [[Saab-340]].
* Other airports, aerodromes and landing strips are located in [[Toktogul Airport|Toktogul]], [[Kanysh-Kiya Airport|Kanysh-Kiya]], [[Ala-Buka]], Sakaldy in [[Nooken District]], [[Batken Airport|Batken]], [[Isfana Airport|Isfana]], [[Kyzyl-Kiya Airport|Kyzyl-Kiya]], [[Naryn Airport|Naryn]], [[Talas Airport|Talas]], [[Pokrovka, Kyrgyzstan|Pokrovka]], [[Cholpon-Ata Airport|Cholpon-Ata]], [[Tamga Airport|Tamga]], [[Tokmok Airport|Tokmok]], [[Aravan, Kyrgyzstan|Aravan]] and many other places.
* Other facilities built during the Soviet era are either closed down, used only occasionally or restricted to military use (e.g., [[Kant, Kyrgyzstan|Kant]] airbase, now a Russian air base near Bishkek).

===Airports with paved runways===
<br />''total:'' 21
<br />''over 3,047 m:'' 1 ([[Manas International Airport|Bishkek-Manas]])
<br />''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 3 ([[Osh Airport|Osh]], [[Kant Air Base|Kant]] and [[Tokmok Airport|Tokmok]])
<br />''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 11 ([[Jalal-Abad Airport|Jalal-Abad]], [[Karakol International Airport|Karakol International]], [[Kerben Airport|Kerben]], [[Kazarman Airport|Kazarman]], [[Isfana Airport|Isfana]], [[Batken Airport|Batken]], [[Naryn Airport|Naryn]], [[Talas Airport|Talas]], [[Tamchy Airport|Issyk-Kul International]], [[Kyzyl-Kiya Airport|Kyzyl-Kiya]] and [[Cholpon-Ata Airport|Cholpon-Ata]])
<br />''under 914 m:'' 6 ([[Tamga Airport|Tamga]], [[Toktogul Airport|Toktogul]], [[Kanysh-Kiya Airport|Kanysh-Kiya]], [[Pokrovka, Kyrgyzstan|Pokrovka]], [[Aravan, Kyrgyzstan|Aravan]] and [[Nooken District|Sakaldy]]) (2012)

===Airports with unpaved runways (mostly disused)===
<br />''total:'' 29
<br />''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 3
<br />''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 5
<br />''914 to 1,523 m:'' 6 ([[Gulcha]], [[Daroot-Korgon]], [[Ala-Buka]], [[At-Bashi|At-Bashy]], [[Suzak]] and [[Sumsar|Chatkal]])
<br />''under 914 m:'' 15 (2012)