Dushanbe International Airport

Dushanbe International Airport (IATA: DYU, ICAO: UTDD) is an international airport in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. It is the main hub for Somon Air and is the home base for Tajik Air, which also has its headquarters on the property.[1]

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Dushanbe International Airport

Russian: Международный аэропорт «Душанбе»
Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Байналмилалии Душанбе

Furudgohi Bajnalmilalii Duşanbe
Summary
Airport typeJoint (Civil and Military)
OwnerGovernment of Tajikistan
OperatorGovernment of Tajikistan
ServesDushanbe
LocationDushanbe, Tajikistan
Hub for
Elevation AMSL2,575 ft / 785 m
Coordinates38°32′6″N 068°49′5″E
Websiteairport.tj
Map
DYU is located in Tajikistan
DYU
DYU
Location of airport in Tajikistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 10,210 3,112 Asphalt-concrete
Statistics (2017)
Passengers1,305,000

History

In 1924, the first airport was built in the country, in the city currently known as Dushanbe. In November 1929, a new airport was built to serve Stalinabad (past name of Dushanbe). In 1964, the current airport complex was put into operation. Over the years, the airport has been reconstructed several times.

On September 7, 1992, during the first months of the Tajikistani Civil War, President Rahmon Nabiyev and an entourage of his were on their way to the airport when they were ambushed by opposition forces. At the terminal, Nabiyev was forced to resign, practically at gunpoint, after a meeting and discussions with the armed opposition in the VIP lounge, before being released. Tanks and troops were reportedly stationed at the terminal during the whole ordeal.[2]

A new French-built terminal, which can serve 1.5 million passengers a year, was opened on 3 September 2014.[3][4] France provided Tajikistan a long-term, low-interest €20 million loan. Tajikistan's own contribution was €19 million.[5]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Air Astana Almaty
Avia Traffic Company Bishkek
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku (resumes 29 October 2023)[6]
Buta Airways Baku (ends 28 October 2023)[6]
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi[7]
FlyArystan Astana (begins 30 October 2023)[8]
flydubaiDubai–International[9]
Jazeera Airways Kuwait City[10]
Kam Air Kabul
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk
Somon Air Almaty, Delhi,[11] Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Irkutsk, Islamabad, Istanbul, Kazan, Khujand, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Makhachkala (begins 23 September 2023),[12] Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow-Zhukovsky,[12] Munich,[13] Novosibirsk,[14] Orenburg, Saint Petersburg, Samara,[12] Sochi,[15] Tashkent,[16] Tehran–Imam Khomeini,[17] Yekaterinburg
Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh,[18] Yerevan
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[19]
Turkmenistan Airlines Seasonal: Ashgabat[20]
Ural Airlines Irkutsk, Moscow–Zhukovsky, Nizhnevartovsk,[21] Saint Petersburg, Ufa, Volgograd,[22] Yekaterinburg
Seasonal: Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Samara
Utair Moscow–Vnukovo
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent[23]
Varesh Airlines Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at DYU airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines." Flight International. 30 March-5 April 2004. 78. "Titov Street 31/2, Dushanbe International Airport, Dushanbe, 734006, Tajikistan."
  2. Erlanger, Steven (8 September 1992). "After Week of Turmoil, Tajik President is Forced Out". The New York Times.
  3. Ozodivideo (3 September 2014). "Ифтитоҳи терминали нави фурудгоҳ дар Душанбе". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2018 – via YouTube.
  4. "New terminal opens at Dushanbe International Airport". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. "France to Finance Dushanbe Airport Extension". The Gazette of Central Asia. Satrapia. 12 October 2012.
  6. "Buta Airways August – October 2023 Network – 30JUL23". AeroRoutes. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  7. "China Southern / Xiamen Airlines NW22 International Operations - 30OCT22". AeroRoutes. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. "Flights from Astana to Dushanbe (Tajikistan)". flyarystan.com. FlyArystan. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  9. "flydubai to Start Tajikstan Service from late-April 2013". Routesonline / Routes. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  10. "JAZEERA AIRWAYS NETWORK EXPANSION FROM LATE-DEC 2022". Aeroroutes. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  11. Liu, Jim (24 December 2019). "Somon Air adds Delhi service from Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  12. "Сомон Эйр увеличила количество рейсов в Жуковский - AVIA RU Network". www.aviaru.net. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  13. "News Archive".
  14. "Somon air launches new air routes to Russia". Media group "ASIA-Plus". Asia-Plus. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  15. "Somon Air". www.somonair.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  16. "Somon Air restarts Tashkent route".
  17. "SOMON AIR OPENS THE ROUTE DUSHANBE–TEHRAN". SomonAir. 31 January 2023.
  18. "Orange2fly to operate additional couple of flights to Sharm El-Sheikh". dailynewssegypt.com. 31 December 2018.
  19. "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)". 9 April 2019.
  20. "Turkmenistan Airlines Flight T53126 (TUA3216)–Dushanbe (DYU) to Ashgabat (ASB)-11 May 2023". FlightAware.
  21. Liu, Jim. "Ural Airlines schedules new Dushanbe / Osh routes in W19". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  22. Liu, Jim (2 December 2018). "Ural Airlines expands Volgograd network from Dec 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  23. "Uzbekistan Airways plans Dushanbe April 2017 launch". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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