Heydar Aliyev International Airport
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Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Azerbaijani: Heydar Aliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. Heydar Aliyev International Airport is the busiest airport both in Azerbaijan and in the South Caucasus as well as one of the busiest in the post-Soviet countries. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport, after a suburb of the Azerbaijan capital Baku.
Heydar Aliyev International Airport Heydər Əliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Government of Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Azerbaijan Airlines | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Baku | ||||||||||||||
Location | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1933[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 3 m / 10 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°28′03″N 050°02′48″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | airport.az | ||||||||||||||
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Site map of Baku Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Source: www.airportbaku.com, Azerbaijanian AIP at EUROCONTROL[2] ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report |
On 10 March 2004, the airport was renamed after Heydar Aliyev, the long-standing Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and later president of Azerbaijan. The airport is 20 kilometers northeast of Baku, connected to the city by a highway. It serves as the hub for national carrier Azerbaijan Airlines as well as for Azal Avia Cargo, Buta Airways and Silk Way West Airlines.