Issyk-Kul International Airport lies in the temperate mid-latitudes at 42.59° N, 76.70° E, on Asia/Bishkek time (UTC+6).
Issyk-Kul International Airport has 1 runway. The longest, 07/25, measures 12,467 ft by 148 ft, which puts the field in the full-length intercontinental category: a fully loaded Boeing 777 or Airbus A350 can depart for the far side of the world. The surface is asphalt. It is lit for night operations.
Runway 07/25 is aligned roughly east/west, which is the clearest hint you get about the prevailing wind here: runways are built to face the wind that blows most often, because aircraft take off and land into it. Every runway here shares that east/west alignment, so a strong crosswind means a crosswind landing rather than a switch to another strip.
The field sits at 5,425 ft, high enough that density altitude matters. Takeoff runs stretch on warm afternoons and climb performance is weaker than the same aircraft would manage at sea level.