On February 26, 2018, International Airport was opened with the participation of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in Turkmenabat, the administration centre of Lebap Velayat.
The Chairperson of the Mejlis, Deputy Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers, leaders of military and law enforcement agencies, representatives of non-governmental organizations, foreign and national mass media, ambassadors of foreign states to Turkmenistan, hyakims of the velayats and Ashgabat as well as local residents took part in the ceremony.
The Head of the State cut symbolical ribbon and addressed the participants with greeting speech. The head of state expressed his confidence that the new air harbor of Turkmenabat will make a great contribution to the social and economic development of not only the eastern region, but the entire state. This International Airport will become one of the important crossroads of transport communications, designed to serve to strengthen friendship and peace between countries.
The construction of the new airport was carried out by the individual enterprise "Gundogdy", a member of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. High professionalism, clear organizational skills of domestic builders have long been known outside of our country. Mastery was shown by domestic entrepreneurs in the construction of the International Airport of Turkmenabat. All 46 structures of the airfield complex were erected by the builders of "Gundogdy" with high quality, with strict observance of all design and technological parameters.
The facilities of the new airport are spread over a huge area of more than 600 hectares. During the construction, creative methods of national architecture were widely used. Before the entrance to the airport, beautiful fountains are built in the form of Lebap ornament, and the building of the passenger terminal with an area of 37 thousand square meters looks like the star of Oguz Khan, thanks to which Turkmenabat airport entered the Guinness Book of Records.
The runway of Turkmenabat airport has a length of 3800 meters and a width of 60 meters. It is equipped with state-of-the-art ground support facilities - landing system, range-finding beacon, light-signal and meteorological equipment, allows servicing aircraft of all types, including airbuses.
In the spacious passenger terminal there are optimally comfortable conditions for waiting, quick registration and landing of passengers. To their services - telescopic ladders, information boards, the point of international and long-distance communication, storage rooms. The hall for waiting passengers is equipped with comfortable seats. At their disposal - cozy cafeterias, buffets, trade pavilions. There is a CIP hall, Duty free shops, Internet cafes and other services. In terms of its engineering, technical and design features, the new terminal is one of the high-tech airport buildings in the country.
Leaving a note in the Book of Honor Visits of the Turkmenabat airport, the President wished successes, health and family well-being to his employees.
