Manas International Airport (kirg. Manas el aralyk aba Maidany; IATA: FRU, ICAO: UCFM) is the airport of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It is located 23 km northwest of the city on the territory of the Chui region. Named after the hero of the Kyrgyz epic on the initiative of the writer Chingiz Aitmatov. Until 2014, the airport housed an air base and the USAF Manas Transit Center