Airports: Turkmenistan
The METAR and TAF decoder database holds 7 airports in Turkmenistan. 7 of them have an IATA code and every one has an ICAO code, which in this country starts with UT. For every airport on the list below the site shows the current METAR and the TAF forecast decoded into plain English, together with a map, runway data and a clock in the airport's local time.
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All airports in Turkmenistan
- Ashgabat International Airport UTAA
- Balkanabat International Airport UTAN
- Dashoguz International Airport (Daşoguz) UTAT
- Kerki Airport UTAE
- Mary International Airport UTAM
- Türkmenabat International Airport UTAV
- Turkmenbaşy International Airport UTAK
Largest airports in Turkmenistan
The most significant airports in the database for this country are Ashgabat International Airport (UTAA/ASB), Dashoguz International Airport (Daşoguz) (UTAT/TAZ), Türkmenabat International Airport (UTAV/CRZ), Mary International Airport (UTAM/MYP) and Turkmenbaşy International Airport (UTAK/KRW).
Weather reports identify an airport by its four-letter ICAO code, not by the IATA code - which is why the METAR for UTAA is available even for airports with no ticketing code. The airports of Turkmenistan are spread across 7 municipalities listed in the database.
Airports by classification
How the airports break down: large airports - 3; medium-sized airports - 3; small airports and airfields - 1.
The classification comes from OurAirports and describes the size of the infrastructure, not passenger traffic. Regular METAR and TAF reports come mostly from the larger airports; small airfields often publish none at all - in that case the nearest reporting station is listed in the "nearby airports" section of the airport page.
Geographic span and time zones
The northernmost airport in the database is Dashoguz International Airport (Daşoguz) (UTAT/TAZ) (41°46'N), the southernmost is Mary International Airport (UTAM/MYP) (37°37'N). East to west the extremes are Kerki Airport (UTAE/KEA) (65°08'E) and Turkmenbaşy International Airport (UTAK/KRW) (53°00'E).
The highest airport is Kerki Airport (UTAE/KEA) at 770 ft / 235 m above sea level, the lowest is Balkanabat International Airport (UTAN/BKN) (-26 ft / -8 m). Elevation matters when reading a report: METAR cloud bases are given above aerodrome level, not above mean sea level.
The airports here sit in a single time zone: Asia/Ashgabat. METAR and TAF are always issued in UTC (the "Z" suffix), which is why every airport page runs a clock in the airport's own local time next to the report.
METAR and TAF for airports in Turkmenistan
Each airport page shows the raw METAR plus a full decode: flight category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR), wind direction and speed with gusts, visibility, weather phenomena, cloud layers with their bases, temperature, dew point and QNH pressure. The TAF forecast is split into its validity periods including the change groups (BECMG, TEMPO, PROB).
METAR is normally issued every 30 or 60 minutes and TAF four times a day, with extra amendments when conditions change. The data comes from the Aviation Weather Center (NOAA) and is fetched live on every visit.