Batumi International Airport

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Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport
ბათუმის ალექსანდრე ქართველის სახელობის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი
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IATA: BUS – ICAO: UGSB
Location of airport in Adjara
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator TAV Airports Holding
Serves Batumi, Georgia
Artvin, Turkey
Location Batumi, Georgia
Hub for Georgian Airways
Elevation AMSL 105 ft / 32 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website www.batumiairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Source: AIP Georgia, DAFIF[1][2]

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.

Overview

Batumi is one of three international airports in operation in Georgia (along with Tbilisi International Airport serving 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]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion[6]
Belavia Seasonal: Minsk-National
Enter Air Seasonal charter: Katowice, Poznań, Warsaw
Georgian Airways Kyiv-Zhuliany, Moscow-Vnukovo,[7] Tbilisi
Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo[8]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Ural Airlines Seasonal: Moscow-Domodedovo
Yanair Kiev-Zhulyany[9]

Statistics

File:Airport Batumi.jpg
Terminal building
Annual passenger statistics[10]
Year Total passengers Change from previous year
2007
038,613
2008
064,656
 Increase 67.4%
2009
046,044
 Decrease 28.8%
2010
088,562
 Increase 92.3%
2011
133,852
 Increase 51.1%
2012
168,510[11]
 Increase 25.9%
2013
208,977[12]
 Increase 24.0%
2014
213,439[11]
 Increase 2.2%
2015
226,476[11]
 Increase 5.91%

According to Department of Tourism the amount of 11792 visitors at Batumi International Airport in September 2015 were of foreign origin, which is 54% more comparing to the previous year. [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for UGSB from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for BUS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ Batumi airport named after Alexander Kartveli Government of Georgia
  4. ↑ batumiairport.com – Airport profile (p.11)
  5. ↑ batumiairport.com – Airport profile (p.15)
  6. ↑ http://www.tnet.org.il/sitefiles/1/2444/90080.asp
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Batumi Airport – Airport Statistics
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Georgian Civil Aviation Agency – Number of Passengers Served
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ http://www.apsny.ge/2015/eco/1444615054.php

External links

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