NAJ

Nakhchivan International Airport

ICAO UBBN39.1888°N 45.4584°E873 m / 2,863 ftLarge airport
On the map

Nakhchivan International Airport (IATA: NAJ, ICAO: UBBN) is a large airport in Nakhchivan, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,300 m (10,826 ft). In 2019 it handled 646 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1995–1995
05 DEC 1995
DisasterAzerbaijan Airlines Flight 56.52 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
VIP
14R/32L137° / 317° · LIT
LENGTH3,300 m10,826 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
14L/32R137° / 317° · LIT
LENGTH3,300 m10,826 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2019
427K
502K
526K
646K
12131419

Routes

5 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsAzerbaijan Airlines 2AJet 1Turkish Airlines 1UTair Aviation 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from NAJ. From the Wikipedia article “Nakhchivan International Airport” (revision of 29 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers646K (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,000of 3,974 · #317 Asia · #2 AZLongest runway3,300 m10,826 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=734of 29,823 · =220 Asia · #5 AZElevation873 m2,863 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#5,845of 43,341 · #525 Asia · #2 AZRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =1 AZ
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
A/DAPP127.900
ATISATIS127.500
TWRTWR118.200