Uralsk Airport
Uralsk, Kazakhstan
Mänşük Mämetova Oral International Airport (Kazakh: Mänşük Mämetova Xalıqaralıq Äwejayı) (IATA: URA), (previously known as Oral Ak Zhol International Airport), is an international airport in Kazakhstan located 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Oral (Uralsk). The airport is located south of the Oral River. In February 2023, Oral Airport was acquired by Oral Airport Holding LLP. It is a Kazakhstani company, the controlling stake of which belongs to the Kazakhstani Uralsk Management LLP and businessman Dauletkhan Kilybayev, and a minority stake (49%) is owned by the Russian company JSC Retrans. The company hopes to turn Oral airport into a regional hub, expand the route network and carry out technical re-equipment of the airport in 2022 airport was officially renamed in order to commemorate Mänşük Jienğaliqyzy Mämetova who was a machine gunner during the Second World War. She became the first Kazakh woman to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Airport data from the OpenFlights open database.