# Nakhchivan International Airport (NAJ / UBBN)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NAJ / UBBN
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Nakhchivan, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan
- Elevation: 873 m / 2,863 ft
- Coordinates: 39.1888, 45.4584
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,300 m / 10,826 ft
- Passengers: 646,000 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Asia/Baku
- Website: http://www.airportnakhchivan.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhchivan_International_Airport (25 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619376
- Weather station: UBBN
- Ident: UBBN

## Timeline

- 5 Dec 1995: Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56. 52 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14R/32L | 3,300 m / 10,826 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 137° / 317° | yes |
| 14L/32R | 3,300 m / 10,826 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2012 | 426,848 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 501,690 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 526,155 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 646,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [GNJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbg.md) Ganja International Airport · Azerbaijan · 187 km / 116 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 417 km / 259 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,386 km / 861 mi · AJet
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,436 km / 892 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,922 km / 1,194 mi · UTair Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 2
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-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 | 646K (2019) | #1,000 of 3,974 | #316 in Asia | #2 in AZ |
| Longest runway | 3,300 m / 10,826 ft | =733 of 29,858 | =218 in Asia | #5 in AZ |
| Elevation | 873 m / 2,863 ft | #5,849 of 43,403 | #525 in Asia | #2 in AZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =1 in AZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP | 127.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.500 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [IMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitu.md) Maku National Airport · 46 km / 28 mi
- [LHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ublc.md) Lachin International Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [UDYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udye.md) Erebuni Airport · 134 km / 83 mi
- [TBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oitt.md) Tabriz International Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [UBBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ub13.md) Khojaly Airport · 139 km / 86 mi
- [EVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/udyz.md) Zvartnots International Airport · 140 km / 87 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: “Nakhchivan International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nakhchivan_International_Airport&oldid=1371994123), revision of 29 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/ubbn/data