# Batagay Airport (BQJ / UEBB)

**Batagay Airport** (IATA: BQJ, ICAO: UEBB) is a small airport in Batagay, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia. In 2017 it handled 29 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BQJ / UEBB
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Batagay, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia
- Elevation: 212 m / 696 ft
- Coordinates: 67.6480, 134.6950
- Passengers: 29,314 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Asia/Vladivostok
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batagay_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4079251
- Ident: UEBB

## Timeline

- 28 Jan 1970: 1970 Batagay An-24 crash. 34 killed.
- 4 Oct 1988: Q120269588. 6 killed.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 30,884 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 29,314 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [YKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ueee.md) Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport · Russia · 659 km / 409 mi · Polar Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- PI [Polar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/polar-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 29K (2017) | #2,303 of 3,974 | #712 in Asia | #114 in RU |
| Elevation | 212 m / 696 ft | =23,507 of 43,403 | =1,327 in Asia | =179 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-10119](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10119.md) Betenkes Airfield · 37 km / 23 mi
- [UEBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uebw.md) Verkhoyansk Airport · 56 km / 35 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Batagay Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Batagay_Airport&oldid=1363016797), revision of 7 Jul 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/uebb/data