Aksu Airport

Economic reasons and systemic change. The airport was primarily a DOSAAF (Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Navy) airfield. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, state funding for this vast network of paramilitary sports and training airfields ceased. Like many similar small airfields across the former Soviet republics, it was abandoned due to a lack of funding and purpose.

The site is abandoned and derelict. Satellite imagery confirms the location of the former unpaved runway, which is now heavily overgrown and indistinct from the surrounding fields. There are no visible aircraft or signs of any aviation activity. The land appears to be reverting to agricultural use or is simply unused open steppe. Any remaining infrastructure has fallen into a state of complete disrepair.

The airport, more accurately known as Belyye Vody Aerodrome (Аэродром Белые Воды), was not a commercial or major military airport. Its significance was as a local center for Soviet-era civil defense and sports aviation training under the DOSAAF program. Operations primarily included:
- Basic flight training on aircraft like the Yakovlev Yak-52.
- Parachute jump training, often from Antonov An-2 utility aircraft.
- Glider training and general aviation activities for enthusiasts and aspiring pilots in the Shymkent (formerly Chimkent) region.
It played a crucial role in providing pre-military training and fostering aviation skills among the civilian population.

There are no known official plans or credible prospects for reopening the airport. The infrastructure is non-existent or completely degraded, requiring total reconstruction. Its original purpose is now obsolete, and its proximity to the large, operational Shymkent International Airport (ICAO: UAII) makes a commercial case for its revival highly improbable. It is considered permanently closed.