Yubileyniy Airport

Yubileyniy (ICAO: UAON, FAA LID: XXX) is an airport in Kyzylorda Oblast, Kazakhstan.

The first landing was made in February 1980 by an Mi-8 helicopter from the aviation regiment of the Baikonur Cosmodrome".

The first transportation to Baikonur of elements of the reusable space system “Energia - Buran” by plane (VM-T) took place on April 8, 1982.

From 1982 to 1990, 59 VM-T flights were made to deliver large elements of the space complexes "Energy" and Buran.

In 1995, the need arose to support heavy aircraft from the United States, launching US spacecraft under international commercial programs.

Yubileyny became Khrunichev Space Center, the manufacturer of Proton heavy launch vehicles.

In the spring, after snowmelt and rain, takyr, small temporary lakes up to 0.5 m deep form.