<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Semey International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Semey International Airport (Kazakh: Semei Halyqaralyq &Auml;uejaiy) (IATA: PLX, ICAO: UASS), formerly New Semey (Kazakh: Ja&ntilde;asemei) and named after Abai Qunanbaiuly, is an airport in Semey, Kazakhstan, located 10 km (6.2 mi) south-west of the city. It services large airliners. The airfield contains two groups of alert fighter pads. A 400 m (1,300 ft) overrun exists at each end of runway 08/26. Established in 1929, it is Kazakhstan's oldest international airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 1960, the 356th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO of the Soviet Air Defence Forces arrived at the base from Irkutsk. Equipped with MiG-17s and Yak-25s, it was placed under the 33rd Air Defence Division, 14th Independent Air Defence Army. It was later equipped with both the Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-31.</p>
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