{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Samarkand Airport","iataCode":"SKD","icaoCode":"UTSS","city":"Samarkand","country":"UZ","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":39.70050048828125,"longitude":66.98380279541016},"elevationMeters":678,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Synonymous with the Silk Road, Samarkand is connected to the air network through Samarkand Airport (SKD), with traffic shaped overwhelmingly by tourism. Scheduled flights serve Tashkent, Moscow and Istanbul, among others. The airport has little stand-alone cargo capability, so airfreight travels as belly cargo on passenger services. Exporters generally route shipments through the Navoi cargo hub about 130 km away, or via Tashkent. A local note: Samarkand hosted the 2022 SCO summit, which spurred","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/samarkand-airport-skd","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/samarkand-airport-skd","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Samarkand Airport · (IATA: SKD) · Samarkand, UZ · 678 m"}