Almaty International Airport (Kazakh: Халықаралық Алматы Әуежайы, Russian: Международный Аэропорт Алматы) (IATA: ALA, ICAO: UAAA) is the largest international airport in Kazakhstan. It is located about 18 kilometers (11 mi) from the centre of Almaty, the country's largest city and commercial capital. Almaty airport accounts for half of passenger traffic and 68% of cargo traffic to Kazakhstan. In 2011, the airport handled 3,665,538 passengers (19% growth to 2010 – 3,077,615 passengers), including 1,830,297 arriving passengers, and 1,835,241 departing passengers.
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