Sovetsky/Kiyan Kul Airport

The closure was due to economic reasons. After the collapse of the USSR, the centralized funding and integrated state-run airline network (Aeroflot) that supported such small regional airfields disappeared. The newly independent Kyrgyz Republic lacked the financial resources and the passenger demand to maintain the extensive network of local airports, rendering Sovetsky/Kiyan Kul economically unviable.

The airport is completely abandoned and defunct. Current satellite imagery of the coordinates shows a clearly defined but severely degraded and unmaintained runway. The runway surface is likely dirt or disintegrated pavement and is unusable for aircraft. There are no visible signs of any remaining airport infrastructure such as a terminal, control tower, or hangars. The land is unused, with some vehicle tracks crossing the former runway, and appears to be used for occasional local transit or animal grazing.

During the Soviet era, this was a typical local service airfield serving the town of Sovetsky (since renamed Kadamjay) and the surrounding agricultural communities in the Fergana Valley. It was part of the vast Aeroflot network, likely operated by its Kyrgyz Directorate. The airport primarily handled small propeller aircraft, most notably the Antonov An-2. These aircraft provided essential transport for passengers, mail, and light cargo, connecting the remote town to regional centers like Osh, Batken, and the capital, Frunze (now Bishkek). It also likely supported agricultural aviation, such as crop dusting, which was vital for the collective farms in the region.

There are no known official plans or credible prospects for reopening the Sovetsky/Kiyan Kul Airport. While the government of Kyrgyzstan has announced broad plans to revive regional aviation and develop airport infrastructure in the Batken Region, these initiatives are focused on the larger Batken Airport or potentially constructing a new, modern airport elsewhere in the oblast. The small size of the former Sovetsky airfield, the prohibitive cost of a complete reconstruction to meet modern safety standards, and its relative proximity to the much larger Osh International Airport make its revival highly improbable.