Nakhchivan International Airport

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Nakhchivan International Airport (Azerbaijani: Naxçıvan Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: NAJ, ICAO: UBBN) is a civilian airport and Azeri military airbase located in Nakhchivan,[1] the capital of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan. The airport was built in the 1970s.[3]

Nakhchivan International Airport

Naxçıvan Hava Limanı
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerGovernment of Azerbaijan
ServesNakhchivan
LocationNakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Elevation AMSL2,863 ft / 873 m
Coordinates39°11′19″N 045°27′30″E / 39.18861°N 45.45833°E / 39.18861; 45.45833
Websiteairportnakhchivan.com
Map
NAJ/UBBN is located in Azerbaijan
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Location of airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
NAJ/UBBN is located in West and Central Asia
NAJ/UBBN
NAJ/UBBN
NAJ/UBBN (West and Central Asia)
NAJ/UBBN is located in Asia
NAJ/UBBN
NAJ/UBBN
NAJ/UBBN (Asia)
NAJ/UBBN is located in Europe
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NAJ/UBBN (Europe)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14R/32L 3,300 10,826 Concrete
14L/32R 3,300 10,826 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers526,155
Passenger change 13–14Increase4.9%
Aircraft movements4,224
Movements change 13–14Increase5.6%
Source: DAFIF,[1][2] ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

Facilities edit

The airport is at an elevation of 2,863 feet (873 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 14R/32L with a concrete surface measuring 3,300 by 45 metres (10,827 ft × 148 ft) and 14L/32R with an asphalt surface measuring 3,300 by 42 metres (10,827 ft × 138 ft).

Airlines and destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku, Ganja
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Utair Moscow–Vnukovo

Statistics edit

Annual passenger traffic at NAJ airport. See Wikidata query.
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 426,848 N.D. 3,685 N.D. 1,293 N.D.
2013 501,690  17.53% 4,000   8.55% 1,629  25.99%
2014 526,155   4.88% 4,224   5.60% 1,342  17.62%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports
(Years 2012,[4] 2013,[5] and 2014[6])

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Airport information for UBBN[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for NAJ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "Azerbaijan Airports". Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. ^ Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
  5. ^ Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report
  6. ^ Airport Council International's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report

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