{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Balkhash Airport","iataCode":"BXH","icaoCode":"UAAH","city":"Balkhash","country":"KZ","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":46.894246,"longitude":75.004533},"elevationMeters":441,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Copper is what put Balkhash on the map: the smelter town on Lake Balkhash is served by BXH (ICAO: UAAH), a regional airport roughly 6 km northeast of the centre with a 2,502 m runway rated for aircraft up to Il-76 and An-12 size. Despite that capability, no scheduled or commercial freight operation is based here. Ore, concentrate and copper cathodes move out by rail, the mode that carries virtually all heavy freight towards Karaganda, Almaty and onward to China. Air consignments are trucked to t","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/balkhash-airport-bxh","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/balkhash-airport-bxh","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Balkhash Airport · (IATA: BXH) · Balkhash, KZ · 441 m"}