Compared to other airports in the Republic of Kazakhstan, it is quite small! It's nice that it's clean both at the airport itself and in front of it. I personally liked it!
It would be good if the administration of Ust-Kamenogorsk airport would pay attention to three important problems of the arrivals area:
1. Unsafe doors leading from the runway to the building. The doors open in both directions, and if the passenger in front pushes them in front of him, then the one behind risks getting a powerful blow with a heavy enough door if he does not put his hand on time. I have repeatedly witnessed this, and a couple of times I almost caught a flying faith myself;
2. Men's room! The men's toilet in the arrivals area is the crown of engineering thought of all people involved in its design, coordination, installation and commissioning. So you need to try to make a stall and a urinal, because if a person enters the stall, and another person approaches the urinal, then it will be impossible to get out of the stall without pushing the door standing at the urinal, sorry for the details. Conversely, if there is a person standing at the urinal, then it will be impossible to get into the stall. Both laughter and sin;
3. Baggage with a priority tag at all airports is loaded last, so that it is unloaded separately at the arrival airport, and put on the tape first. At the airport of Ust-Kamenogorsk, he is unloaded first and simply put into a common cart, throwing the rest of his luggage. As a result, priority baggage gets to the tape at the very last turn.
There is a cafe inside where you can have lunch while waiting for the flight. The prices for this kind of institution are acceptable. I was upset that the guards forbid taking pictures against the background of airplanes. If you were planning to take a selfie in front of an airplane, then do it at another airport.
An old Soviet building. The new extension "arrival". There are no complaints against the management company - the airport performs its functions, there are not so many flights.
The capacity is sufficient for such a city, but heating in winter and cooling in summer is just a problem. There is air conditioning in one room and it is not enough. In the second one there is none at all. The heat is about to start, there will be a gas station inside. There is also not enough heating in winter.
There is no cafe in the departure area, two halls, one is very cold in winter. In the other, it is not clear yet why there are border posts that take up a lot of space. There are automatic machines, but they work so-so...
A pleasant, quiet, simple but spacious airport from the Soviet era. Nothing has changed much in the last 10-20 years, or even in thirty years. The place is familiar, like a tram.
There is little space, queues for registration, if two planes at the same time, then there is generally a pipe.
There is no cafe inside the waiting room, no coffee to buy.
In general, the service is for three. But there is no alternative😅
A compact airport, there is a coffee shop, a restroom, a police station, several working check-in desks. However, the departure area resembles a railway station.
The waiting rooms are small. Especially the hall after the inspection. If there is no room for passengers on two flights. The plane is 100 meters from the terminal, but passengers are necessarily loaded to the brim into the bus, where it is stuffy and they cannot take hold of the handrails. It would be easier to walk and not create a stampede and crush first on the bus, then at the plane ramp.
The assessment of the cafe on the ground floor, albeit belated (it was on December 13 or 14, 2022). We had breakfast at home now, remembered the last tested honey cakes, and remembered you - a cafe with the tastiest honey cake! And against the background of a flight delay of 12 hours and such a warm human attitude towards visitors and delicious food in general - THANK YOU! You are amazing!)
Not a comfortable waiting room, in which there is nothing but a toilet, coffee is sold only at the entrance, there is nowhere to buy even water in the waiting room, there are 3 coffee machines, none of them work 🫠
When boarding, leaving the airport....in short, as the matchmaker got into the movie, the LiAZ bus is standing next to the ZIL 130.
And also a great runway!!!
A kind of security service, and in general the airport is like an airport. It's a little small, though for a regional center, but considering the number of flights, it seems to be quite enough.
I have a twofold feeling about this airport.
I put 4 in advance 😉
A small airport is fine, but it takes a very long time to check in due to lack of staff, very often the flight is postponed precisely because of the slow check-in of passengers for the flight (
I hope for a speedy change in the situation for the better!
I haven't seen duty free at all, where it is located there...classified information😅
Quite a nice waiting room. A clean toilet.
A very small selection of snacks
There is nothing beautiful in front of the airport building🤷♀️
It's quite good for a small regional airport. It would be nice to improve the operation of information boards. There is not enough information about the check-in deadline, boarding time and other details that are usually available at other airports.
An international flight, an international terminal and two empty vending machines from the options to refresh yourself. And on board the Kazak air, meals are not included in the ticket: tea with lemon 600 tenge... A strange expression of hospitality...
A small portico, with broken charging stations for mobile phones, be careful with smoking areas, patrols are on duty there on a regular basis and administrative fines are issued
It feels like you're at a train station, the cafeterias are mediocre. I would like to have a decent airport for such a beautiful region. Alas, the airport leaves much to be desired.
An ordinary airport, not very big.
It is necessary to check in for boarding online, a fee of 2000 tenge per person is charged for registration at the airport.
1 We left at +30, the air conditioners in the building are not working.
2 Checked in for the flight online, but there are no reading scanners, I had to stand in line and get a paper boarding pass
There are no smoking rooms, we walked to the ramp and stood in line under the sun (it's good not winter and not minus 20 or 30)