Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport[3] (IATA: BUS, ICAO: UGSB) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. The airport is 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Hopa, Turkey, and serves as a domestic and international airport for Georgia and northeastern Turkey.
Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport ბათუმის ალექსანდრე ქართველის სახელობის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | TAV Airports Holding | ||||||||||
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Location | Batumi, Georgia | ||||||||||
Focus city for | Georgian Airways | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 37 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°36′37″N 41°35′58″E | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Batumi is one of three international airports in operation in Georgia (along with Tbilisi International Airport serving the Georgian capital and David the Builder International Airport in Georgia's second largest city Kutaisi). The new airport terminal has been in operation since 26 May 2007. With a total area of 4,256 square metres (45,810 sq ft), it is capable of handling 600,000 passengers a year.[4]
Batumi International Airport has noted a significant growth in the number of passengers since its renovation carried out by TAV Airports Holding in 2007. In 2011, the airport handled 134,000 passengers, an increase of 51% over the previous year.[5]
In 2019, it was decided to expand the terminal because the existing capacities were no longer sufficient. The work was completed in spring 2021. The area has been doubled to 8000 square metres, which allows the handling of 1,200,000 passengers a year. Part of the work was to expand the number of bus gates, check-in and passport control counters as well as the expansion of duty-free areas and the car park. Additionally, the luggage handling area was partially expanded, where an automatic conveyor system was introduced and an additional one luggage carousel was installed. A total of 17 million US-dollar were invested.
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Arabia | Sharjah[6] |
Air Astana | Seasonal: Almaty, Astana[7] |
airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga[8] |
Arkia | Seasonal: Tel Aviv[9] |
Belavia | Minsk Seasonal: Gomel[10] |
Buta Airways | Seasonal: Baku[11] |
El Al | Seasonal: Tel Aviv |
flydubai | Seasonal: Dubai–International[12] |
flynas | Riyadh Seasonal: Dammam, Jeddah[13] |
flyadeal | Riyadh-King Khalid |
GetJet Airlines | Seasonal charter: Vilnius[14] |
Iran Aseman Airlines | Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini |
Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[15] |
Pars Air | Seasonal: Rasht |
Qeshm Air | Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini |
SkyUp[16] | Kyiv–Boryspil,[16] Lviv,[16] Zaporizhzhia[16] |
Saudia | Riyadh |
SmartLynx Airlines | Seasonal charter: Tallinn[14] |
Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Uzbekistan Airways | Seasonal: Tashkent[7] |
Vanilla Sky Airlines | Tbilisi[17][18] |
Varesh Airlines | Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini |
Yanair[16] | Kyiv–Zhuliany[19] Seasonal: Kharkiv,[20][21] Lviv,[22] Odessa[23] |
Zagros Airlines | Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini |
Annual passenger statistics Batumi International Airport[24] | |||
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Year | Passengers | Change |
Annual passenger traffic at BUS airport.
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2021 | 516,017 | ![]() | |
2020 | 51,412 | ![]() | |
2019 | 624,178 | ![]() | |
2018 | 598,891 | ![]() | |
2017 | 495,668 | ![]() | |
2016 | 312,343 | ![]() | |
2015 | 226,476 | ![]() | |
2014 | 213,439 | ![]() | |
2013 | 208,977 | ![]() | |
2012 | 168,510 | ![]() | |
2011 | 133,852 | ![]() | |
2010 | 088,562 | ![]() | |
2009 | 046,044 | ![]() | |
2008 | 064,656 | ![]() | |
2007 | 038,613 | ![]() |
Country | Destination | Airport | Weekly flights[25] | Airlines |
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Kyiv | Boryspil International Airport,
Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport |
21 | Bees Airline (7 weekly) SkyUp (7 weekly) Yanair (7 weekly) |
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Tel Aviv | Ben Gurion Airport | 15 | Israir Airlines (10 weekly); Arkia (3 weekly); El Al/Sun d'Or (2 weekly) Georgian Airways (2 weekly) |
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Istanbul | Istanbul Airport, | 10 | Turkish Airlines (7 weekly) Pegasus Airlines (3 weekly) |
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Minsk | Minsk National Airport | 4 | Belavia (4 weekly) |
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Riyadh | King Khalid International Airport | 4 | Flynas (4 weekly) |
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