Batumi International Airport

Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (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. The airport is named after Alexander Kartveli, an aeronautical engineer and aviation pioneer.[3]

Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport

ბათუმის ალექსანდრე ქართველის სახელობის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTAV Airports Holding
ServesGeorgia (country) Batumi, Georgia
LocationBatumi, Georgia
Focus city forGeorgian Airways
Elevation AMSL37 ft / 11 m
Coordinates41°36′37″N 41°35′58″E
Websitewww.batumiairport.com
Map
BUS is located in Georgia
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Location of Batumi Airport
BUS is located in Turkey
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BUS (Turkey)
BUS is located in Black Sea
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers616,885
Passenger change 21-22Increase 19,5%
Source: DoD FLIP,[1] AIP Georgia at EUROCONTROL[2]

Overview

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

On October 25, 2000 when landing at the airport Il-18 aircraft tail number RA-74295 crashed. It was transporting “under the flag” of the 223rd Flight Detachment in joint operation with Aeroflot personnel of the Russian 12th Military Base in Transcaucasia. All 84 people (73 passengers and 11 crew members) on board were killed. The cause of the disaster was the navigation error of the pilots and the lack of control on the part of air traffic control services.[5]

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.[4]

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 and destinations
Batumi Airport
AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Seasonal: Sharjah[6]
Air Astana Seasonal: Almaty, Astana[7]
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga[8]
Arkia Seasonal: Tel Aviv[9]
Armenian Airlines Yerevan[10]
Azimuth Moscow–Vnukovo (begins 30 October 2023)[11]
Belavia Minsk
El Al Seasonal: Tel Aviv
flyadeal Seasonal: Riyadh
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International[12]
flynas Seasonal: Dammam, Jeddah,[13] Riyadh
Georgian Wings Tbilisi[14]
GetJet Airlines Seasonal charter: Vilnius[15]
Iran Aseman Airlines Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[16]
Qeshm Air Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Red Wings Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo (begins 5 November 2023)[17]
Saudia Seasonal: Riyadh
SCAT Airlines Seasonal: Astana
SmartLynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Tallinn[15]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Uzbekistan Airways Seasonal: Tashkent[7]
Vanilla Sky Airlines Natakhtari[18][19]
Varesh Airlines Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Zagros Airlines Seasonal: Tehran–Imam Khomeini

Statistics
Annual passenger statistics Batumi International Airport[20]
YearPassengersChange
Annual passenger traffic at BUS airport. See Wikidata query.
2022 616,885[21] Increase19.5%
2021 516,017 Increase906%
2020 51,412 Decrease91.8%
2019 624,178 Increase04.2%
2018 598,891 Increase20.8%
2017 495,668 Increase58.7%
2016 312,343Increase37.9%
2015 226,476Increase05.9%
2014 213,439Increase02.2%
2013 208,977Increase24.0%
2012 168,510Increase25.9%
2011 133,852Increase51.1%
2010 088,562Increase92.3%
2009 046,044Decrease28.8%
2008 064,656Increase67.4%
2007 038,613Steady
Country Destination Airport Weekly flights[22] Airlines
 Ukraine Kyiv Boryspil International Airport,

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport

 21 Bees Airline (7 weekly) SkyUp (7 weekly) Yanair (7 weekly)
 Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport 15 Israir Airlines (10 weekly); Arkia (3 weekly); El Al/Sun d'Or (2 weekly) Georgian Airways (2 weekly)
 Turkey Istanbul Istanbul Airport,

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International 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)

See also

References
  1. DoD Flight Information Publication (Terminal) - High and Low Altitude Eastern Europe and Asia. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2020.
  2. "EAD Basic". European AIS Database. EUROCONTROL. Archived from the original on 2 November 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. Batumi airport named after Alexander Kartveli Government of Georgia
  4. "Batumi Airport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2020.
  5. "Il disaster-18D near Batumi". Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  6. "Air Arabia".
  7. "Uzbekistan Airways makes inaugural direct Tashkent-Batumi flight". Agenda.ge. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  8. "AirBaltic annuncia voli per Batumi". 16 February 2022.
  9. Arkia.com
  10. "Armenian Airlines Adds Batumi Service From August 2023". AeroRoutes. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  11. "Azimuth Adds Moscow – Georgia Routes in NW23". AeroRoutes. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  12. Liu, Jim (10 January 2020). "flydubai resumes Batumi service in S20". routesonline.com.
  13. Liu, Jim. "flynas S20 Network Expansion". Routesonline. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  14. "Georgian Wings airline launching Tbilisi-Batumi flights". Agenda.ge.
  15. "Getjet and Smartlynx to Resume Flights to Georgia". Georgian Journal. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  16. Liu, Jim. "Pegasus adds Istanbul – Batumi service from late-March 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  17. "Авиакомпания Red Wings открывает рейсы из Москвы в Батуми". www.aviapages.ru. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  18. "Flights to Mestia, Ambrolauri, and Batumi - Schedule and Prices". Mountain Stories. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  19. "Frequency on domestic flights increases in Georgia". Agenda.ge. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  20. "Number of Passengers Served Batumi Airport". gcaa.ge. Civil Aviation Agency of Georgia. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  21. "According to total data for 2022, the number of flights recovered to the level of 88% from pre-Covid levels, whereas passenger count - to the level of 85% (in Georgian)". Georgian Civil Aviation Authority. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  22. "International passenger flights from Batumi Airport". Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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