Uzbekistan Opens Newly Renovated Airport

Uzbekistan opened an airport in Muynak city of its Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic, Trend reports with reference to Karakalpakstan News Agency.

On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, an Airbus A-320 aircraft with the first passengers on board flew to Muynak from Tashkent.

According to the news agency, the airport in Muynak was reconstructed and put into operation in a totally new look.

Muynak airport was built in 1947, and until the 1990s, it could accept only small aircrafts like An-24 and Yak-40, as well as other aircraft of small parameters and all types of helicopters as an airfield of the third category.

From 1960s to early 1990s, the airfield was based on An-2 aircraft, with up to 19 passenger flights per day along local air lines.

Since 1990-s it has been used as a landing site for air operations (in particular, for agrochemical measures to control locust centers in the southern Aral region).

In January 2019, the government adopted a resolution on measures for comprehensive socio-economic development of Muynak district of Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic.

The document noted that Muynak district will be transformed into a modern city with all necessary infrastructure, including an innovative school, sports facilities, medical and preventive institutions, a modern airport, hotels, shopping and entertainment centers.

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