Ashgabat
Airport (Airport code: ASB)
is also called as Saparmurat
Turkmenbashy International Airport.
Ashgabat Airport is one
of two international airports in
Turkmenistan.
Saparmurat Turkmenbashy
International Airport is
located approximately 10 km northwest
of the capital Ashgabat
(Ashkhabad).
The airport, with its air traffic
control tower and a 12,000-foot
(3,700 m)-long precision-approach
runway (12L-30R),
opened in 1994 and was named after
the country's first president, Saparmyrat
Niyazov. |