# Ganja International Airport (GNJ / UBBG)

**Ganja International Airport** (IATA: GNJ, ICAO: UBBG) is a large airport in Ganja, Ganja (city), Azerbaijan. It opened in 1951. It has one runway, 3,300 m (10,827 ft) long, concrete. In 2019 it handled 154 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GNJ / UBBG
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Ganja, Ganja (city), Azerbaijan
- Opened: 1951 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 330 m / 1,083 ft
- Coordinates: 40.7387, 46.3204
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,300 m / 10,827 ft
- Passengers: 154,000 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Asia/Baku
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganja_International_Airport (30 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1030032
- Weather station: UBBG
- Ident: UBBG

## Timeline

- 1951: Ganja International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,300 m / 10,827 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 128° / 308° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 259,451 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 345,055 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 329,156 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 154,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

7 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [NAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbn.md) Nakhchivan International Airport · Azerbaijan · 187 km / 116 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,429 km / 888 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,475 km / 917 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 1,744 km / 1,084 mi · Ural Airlines
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,779 km / 1,105 mi · UTair Aviation, Azerbaijan Airlines
- [SVO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuee.md) Sheremetyevo International Airport · Russia · 1,815 km / 1,128 mi · Aeroflot

### Seasonal (1)

- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 2,393 km / 1,487 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GNJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (7)

- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 3
- SU [Aeroflot](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeroflot) · 1
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 1
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 1
- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 154K (2019) | #1,649 of 3,974 | #540 in Asia | #3 in AZ |
| Longest runway | 3,300 m / 10,827 ft | =712 of 29,858 | =213 in Asia | #4 in AZ |
| Elevation | 330 m / 1,083 ft | =16,428 of 43,403 | #1,058 in Asia | #9 in AZ |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =194 in Asia | #2 in AZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =3 in AZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 124.000 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.250 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [UG11](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug11.md) Dollyar Air Base · 35 km / 22 mi
- [UG28](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug28.md) Bolshiye Shiraki Air Base · 71 km / 44 mi
- [LHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ublc.md) Lachin International Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [ZTU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubby.md) Zaqatala International Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [UBBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ub13.md) Khojaly Airport · 101 km / 63 mi
- [GBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbq.md) Gabala International Airport · 119 km / 74 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Ganja International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ganja_International_Airport&oldid=1371388692), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbg/data