Nakhchivan International Airport
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 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Nakhchivan | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,863 ft / 873 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°11′19″N 045°27′30″E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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  NAJ/UBBN Location of airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan  NAJ/UBBN NAJ/UBBN (West and Central Asia)  NAJ/UBBN NAJ/UBBN (Asia)  NAJ/UBBN NAJ/UBBN (Europe) | |||||||||||||||
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Facilities
The airport resides 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
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku |
| Turkish Airlines | Ganja, Istanbul |
| Utair | Moscow–Vnukovo |
Statistics
| Passengers | Change from previous year | Aircraft operations | Change from previous year | Cargo (metric tons) | Change from previous year | |
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| 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]) | ||||||
References
- Airport information for UBBN from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- Airport information for NAJ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
- Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report
- Airport Council International's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report
External links
- Nakhchivan International airport at AZAL
- Current weather for UBBN at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for NAJ at Aviation Safety Network
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