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,Adjara,Georgia | ||||||||||
| Focus city for | Georgian Airways | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 37 ft / 11 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°36′37″N41°35′58″E / 41.61028°N 41.59944°E /41.61028; 41.59944 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  BUS Location of Batumi Airport Show map of Georgia BUS BUS (Turkey) Show map of Turkey BUS BUS (Black Sea) Show map of Black Sea | |||||||||||
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| Source: DoD FLIP,[1] AIP Georgia atEUROCONTROL[2] | |||||||||||
Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (IATA:BUS,ICAO:UGSB) is an airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south ofBatumi, a city on theBlack Sea coast and capital ofAdjara, anautonomous republic in southwestGeorgia. The airport is 20 km (12 mi) northeast ofHopa,Turkey, and serves as a domestic and international airport for Georgia. The airport is named afterAlexander Kartveli, an aeronautical engineer and aviation pioneer.[3] A sculpture dedicated toFadiko Gogitidze, Adjara's first woman pilot, is at the entrance.[4]
Batumi is one of three international airports in operation in Georgia (along withTbilisi International Airport serving theGeorgian capital andKutaisi International Airport inGeorgia's second largest cityKutaisi). 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.[5]
On 25 October 2000, Il-18 aircraft with registration number RA-74295 crashed into the Mtirala mountain northeast of Batumi during the final approach to the airport. The plane was returning personnel and their relatives to the Russian12th Military Base in Batumi.[6] All 84 people (73 passengers and 11 crew members) on board were killed. The cause of the disaster was the navigation error of thepilots and the lack of control on the part of air traffic control services.[7]
Batumi International Airport has noted a significant growth in the number of passengers since its renovation in 2007. In 2011, the airport handled 134,000 passengers, an increase of 51% over the previous year.[5]
In 2019, the terminal was expanded because the existing capacities were no longer sufficient. The work was completed in spring 2021.The airport's area was doubled to 8000 square meters, which allows the handling of 1,200,000 passengers a year.Part of the work was to expand the number of bus gates, the check-in area, and passport control counters as well as the expansion of duty-free areas and the car park.Additionally, the luggage handling area was partially expanded, where an automatic conveyor system was introduced and an additional one luggage carousel was installed.A total of USD$17 million were invested.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Astana | Seasonal:Almaty,Astana[8] |
| Air Samarkand | Seasonal charter:Tashkent[9] |
| airBaltic | Seasonal:Riga[10] |
| arkia | Seasonal:Tel Aviv[11] |
| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku[12] |
| azimuth | Mineralnye Vody,[13]Moscow–Vnukovo,[14]Sochi[15] |
| Belavia | Minsk |
| Flyadeal | Seasonal:Riyadh |
| Flydubai | Seasonal:Dubai–International[16] |
| Fly Khiva | Tashkent[17] |
| Flynas | Seasonal:Dammam,Jeddah,[18]Riyadh |
| GetJet Airlines | Seasonal charter:Vilnius[19] |
| Iran Aseman Airlines | Seasonal:Tehran–Imam Khomeini (suspended) |
| Israir | Seasonal:Tel Aviv[20] |
| Jazeera Airways | Seasonal:Kuwait City[21] |
| Jordan Aviation | Amman[22] |
| Pegasus Airlines | Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[23] |
| Red Wings Airlines | Kazan,Krasnodar,[24]Moscow–Domodedovo,[25]Moscow–Zhukovsky,Saint Petersburg,[26]Samara,[27]Ufa,[28]Yekaterinburg[29] |
| Saudia | Seasonal:Riyadh |
| SCAT Airlines | Seasonal:Astana[30] |
| SmartLynx Airlines | Seasonal charter:Tallinn[19] |
| Sundor | Seasonal:Tel Aviv |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul[31] |
| Uzbekistan Airways | Seasonal:Tashkent[8][32] |
| Vanilla Sky Airlines | Natakhtari[33][34] |
| Annual passenger statistics Batumi International Airport[35] | |||
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| Year | Passengers | Change | |
| 2024 | 951,766 |  53% | |
| 2023 | 621,514 | 0.75% | |
| 2022 | 616,885[36] | 19.5% | |
| 2021 | 516,017 | 906% | |
| 2020 | 51,412 |  91.8% | |
| 2019 | 624,178 | 4.2% | |
| 2018 | 598,891 | 20.8% | |
| 2017 | 495,668 | 58.7% | |
| 2016 | 312,343 | 37.9% | |
| 2015 | 226,476 | 5.9% | |
| 2014 | 213,439 | 2.2% | |
| 2013 | 208,977 | 24.0% | |
| 2012 | 168,510 | 25.9% | |
| 2011 | 133,852 | 51.1% | |
| 2010 | 88,562 | 92.3% | |
| 2009 | 46,044 | 28.8% | |
| 2008 | 64,656 | 67.4% | |
| Country | Destination | Airport | Weekly flights[37] | Airlines |
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 Ukraine | Kyiv | Boryspil International Airport, | 21 | Bees Airline (7 weekly)SkyUp Airlines (7 weekly)Yanair (7 weekly) |
 Israel | Tel Aviv | Ben Gurion Airport | 15 | Israir (10 weekly);Arkia (3 weekly);El Al/Sundor (2 weekly)Georgian Airways (2 weekly) |
 Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Airport, | 10 | Turkish Airlines (7 weekly)Pegasus Airlines (3 weekly) |
 Belarus | Minsk | Minsk National Airport | 4 | Belavia (4 weekly) |
 Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | King Khalid International Airport | 4 | Flynas (4 weekly) |
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