Ashgabat International Airport (Turkmen: A┼ƒgabat halkara howa menzili) (IATA: ASB, ICAO: UTAA), formerly known as Saparmyrat T├╝rkmenba┼ƒy International Airport, is one of five international airports in Turkmenistan. It is located within the city limits of Ashgabat (Ashkhabad). The old airport, with its air traffic control tower and a 3,700-metre-long (12,000 ft) precision approach runway (12L-30R), opened in 1994 and was named after the country's first president, Saparmyrat Niyazov.