Batumi International Airport
Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport ბათუმის ალექსანდრე ქართველის სახელობის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | TAV Airports Holding | ||||||||||
Serves | Batumi, Georgia | ||||||||||
Location | Batumi, Georgia | ||||||||||
Focus city for | Georgian Airways | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 105 ft / 32 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°36′37″N 41°35′58″E / 41.61028°N 41.59944°ECoordinates: 41°36′37″N 41°35′58″E / 41.61028°N 41.59944°E | ||||||||||
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BUS Location of airport in Adjara | |||||||||||
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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
Statistics
Year | Total passengers | Change from previous year |
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2017 | 495,668 | |
2016 | 312,343 | |
2015 | 226,476 | |
2014 | 213,439 | |
2013 | 208,977 | |
2012 | 168,510 | |
2011 | 133,852 | |
2010 | 88,562 | |
2009 | 46,044 | |
2008 | 64,656 | |
2007 | 38,613 |
According to Department of Tourism the amount of 11,792 visitors at Batumi International Airport in September 2015 were of foreign origin, which is 54% more comparing to the previous year.[27]
See also
References
- ↑ Airport information for UGSB from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ↑ Airport information for BUS at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ↑ Batumi airport named after Alexander Kartveli Government of Georgia
- ↑ batumiairport.com – Airport profile (p.11)
- ↑ batumiairport.com – Airport profile (p.15)
- ↑ "Air Arabia Adds Batumi Seasonal Flights July – Sep 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (11 October 2018). "Buta Airways adds Batumi from June 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ "Flydubai to connect Batumi and Dubai this summer". agenda.ge. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ↑ "Батуми и Тель-Авив связал регулярный авиарейс | Вестник Кавказа" (in Russian). Vestnik Kavkaza. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ↑ "Myway Airlines начала летать на маршруте Харьков-Батуми". cfts.org.ua. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ↑ Liu, Jim. "Nordavia expands St. Petersburg network in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (5 April 2018). "Pobeda adds Rostov – Batumi route from late-May 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (12 April 2017). "Red Wings adds new routes in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
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- ↑ "S7 Flight Schedule". s7.ru. S7 Airlines. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ https://chartershop.com.ua/index.php/charternye-rejsy-v-gruziyu/charternye-rejsy-v-batumi-yanair.html
- ↑ Liu, Jim (25 January 2017). "Sun d'Or plans new routes in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "МАУ летом запустит еще один рейс в Грузию". Бизнес Грузия. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- 1 2 Liu, Jim (19 April 2018). "UVT aero adds new seasonal Batumi service in S18". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ↑ Morrison, Thea (22 May 2017). "New Airline Company -Wings of Lebanon Enters Georgian Market". Georgia Today on the Web. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "З "Жулян" у Грузію додадуть нові рейси". Українська правда. Iнтерфакс-Україна. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ "Yanair летом начнет полеты из Харькова в Батуми". www.avianews.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
- ↑ Liu, Jim (22 April 2018). "Yanair adds Kharkiv – Batumi service in S18". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "Yanair открыл продажи на прямые рейсы Львов-Батуми". www.avianews.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ↑ "YANAIR ВИКОНУВАТИМЕ ПРЯМІ РЕЙСИ З ОДЕСИ В ТБІЛІСІ І БАТУМІ". ТОВ «Міжнародний Аеропорт Одеса». Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "Flight Schedule and Statistics - Kutaisi David the Builder International Airport". gcaa.ge/. Civil Aviation Agency of Georgia. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ http://www.apsny.ge/2015/eco/1444615054.php