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Ganja International Airport (Azerbaijani: Gəncə Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GNJ, ICAO: UBBG) is an airport serving Ganja[1] (also known as Gyandzha[2]), the second-largest city in Azerbaijan.

Ganja International Airport Gəncə Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı
IATA: GNJ ICAO: UBBG
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	Government of Azerbaijan
Operator	Government
Serves	Ganja
Location	Ganja, Azerbaijan
Elevation AMSL	1,083 ft / 330 m
Coordinates	40°44′16″N 046°19′03″E
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 3,300 10,827 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 329,156 Passenger change 13–14 4.6% Aircraft movements 3,060 Movements change 13–14 0.3%
Source: ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

It was previously used by the Soviet Air Force. In 1996 the airport received the status of an international airport and since then is used for civil aviation purposes.[3]

In August 2021 IATA announced a newly assigned code of “GNJ”, which will reflect the city's new name. The former code of “KVD” refers to the old toponym, Kirovabad.[4]

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Arayik Harutyunyan, president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, on 4 October 2020 stated that the Artsakh Defense Army had hit Ganja's military airport, however, Azerbaijan said no military sites were hit.[5] Reporters of Russian TV channel Dozhd reported that the airport had not been hit and that the airport had been closed since March due to coronavirus. Missiles hit residential buildings in the city, killing 1 person and wounding 32.[6]

On September 29, the Ministry of Defence of Armenia stated that a Turkish Air Force F-16 Viper shot down an Armenian Su-25 flying inside Armenian airspace, killing the pilot—also stating that Turkish F-16 jets had taken off earlier from Ganja airport and were assisting Azerbaijani forces in missile strikes against border regions near Vardenis in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.[7] [8] In response to the Armenian claim, the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, stated that "Azerbaijan doesn't have F-16s – there aren't any on our soil or in our airspace". He claimed in turn that the aforementioned Su-25 as well as another Armenian Su-25 had crashed in the air while flying towards Azerbaijan. [9]

A week later on October 7, satellite imagery was published by the New York Times Visual Investigations Team confirming the presence of two F-16 Vipers at the airport.[10] Following the publication of the satellite imagery, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev conceded the official position regarding the F-16s' presence and that they had arrived to the country during military exercises prior to the war, but claimed they were not participating in combat.[11][12]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1,083 feet (330 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt/concrete surface measuring 3,300 by 44 metres (10,827 ft × 144 ft).[13]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azerbaijan Airlines	Baku
IrAero	Moscow–Domodedovo
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen[14]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI Statistics

	Passengers	Change from previous year	Aircraft operations	Change from previous year	Cargo (metric tons)	Change from previous year
2012	259,451	N.D.	2,814	N.D.	917	N.D.
2013	345,055	32.99%	3,052	8.46%	883	3.71%
2014	329,156	4.61%	3,060	0.26%	721	18.35%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2012,[15] 2013,[16] and 2014[17])

See also

• Transport in Azerbaijan
• List of airports in Azerbaijan

References

External links

• Current weather for UBBG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for KVD at Aviation Safety Network
• Accident history for GNJ at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Gəncə

Der Flughafen Gəncə, auch Flughafen Ganja oder Flughafen Gyandzha (aserbaidschanisch Gəncə beynəlxalq hava limanı, englisch Ganja International Airport) ist ein internationaler Verkehrsflughafen unweit westlich von Gəncə (englische Schreibweise auch Ganja, oder als Transkription der russischen Namensform Gyandzha), der zweitgrößten Stadt Aserbaidschans. Eine Straßenanbindung besteht zur Regionalstraße R50, dem westlichen Zubringer von der Magistrale M2 nach Gəncə. Die Entfernung in die Innenstadt beträgt etwa neun Kilometer.

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- [en] Ganja International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Ganyá

El Aeropuerto de Ganyá (IATA: KVD, OACI: UBBG) es un aeropuerto en Ganyá, Azerbaiyán.

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[fr] Aéroport international de Gəncə

L'Aéroport international de Gəncə, code IATA : GNJ • code OACI : UBBG, est un aéroport desservant Gəncə, en Azerbaïdjan.

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[ru] Гянджа (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Гянджа — международный аэропорт одноимённого города в Азербайджане. В 2021 году код ИАТА аэропорта был изменён с KVD на GNJ. Код KVD был связан с топонимом Кировабад — бывшим названием Гянджи, которое использовалось в 1935—1989 гг.[1]

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