Kant Air Base

ICAO UAFWMedium airport

Kant Air Base is a medium airport near Kant in Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan. It is listed as ICAO UAFW. The airport is located at 42.8532° / 74.8465° at an elevation of 777 m (2,549 ft). There is one runway, the longest measuring 2,700 m. The nearest airport is Novopokrovskiy Airport, 9.0 km (6 mi) away. No scheduled service is recorded for this airfield.

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Map detail of Kant Air Base with runways — Close-up with runways

World map showing the position of Kant Air Base — Overview map

Data

Data
ICAO code	`UAFW`
Identifier	`UAFW`
Type	Medium airport
City	Kant
Region	Chuy Region
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates	42.85320, 74.84650
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	42° 51′ 11.52″ N 74° 50′ 47.39″ E
Elevation	777 m (2,549 ft)
Scheduled service	no

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