# David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT / UGKO)

**David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport** (IATA: KUT, ICAO: UGKO) is a large airport in Kopitnari, Imereti, Georgia. It opened in 2012. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 796 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KUT / UGKO
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Kopitnari, Imereti, Georgia
- Opened: 2012
- Elevation: 68 m / 223 ft
- Coordinates: 42.1774, 42.4854
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 796,063 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Asia/Tbilisi
- Website: https://www.kutaisi.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutaisi_International_Airport (34 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1156904
- Weather station: UGKO
- Ident: UGKO

## Timeline

- 24 Aug 1963: Aeroflot Flight 663. 32 killed.
- 2012: David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 44 m / 144 ft | Concrete | 081° / 261° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 4,527 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 12,932 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 187,939 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 218,003 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 182,954 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 271,363 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 405,173 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 617,373 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 873,616 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 183,873 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 282,514 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 796,063 | Wikidata |

## Routes

32 destinations in 16 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (31)

- [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 724 km / 450 mi · FlyArystan
- [GUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatg.md) Atyrau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 920 km / 572 mi · FlyArystan
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,105 km / 687 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 1,118 km / 695 mi · Wizz Air
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,539 km / 956 mi · Azimuth
- [SKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgts.md) Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport · Greece · 1,636 km / 1,017 mi · Wizz Air
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 1,643 km / 1,021 mi · Wizz Air
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 1,681 km / 1,045 mi · Belavia
- [VNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyvi.md) Vilnius International Airport · Lithuania · 1,869 km / 1,161 mi · Wizz Air
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 1,915 km / 1,190 mi · Wizz Air
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 1,958 km / 1,217 mi · Wizz Air
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 2,008 km / 1,248 mi · Wizz Air
- [BTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lzib.md) M. R. Štefánik Airport · Slovakia · 2,079 km / 1,292 mi · Wizz Air
- [WRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwr.md) Copernicus Wrocław Airport · Poland · 2,177 km / 1,353 mi · Wizz Air
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 2,228 km / 1,384 mi · Wizz Air
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,329 km / 1,447 mi · Wizz Air
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,403 km / 1,493 mi · FlyArystan
- [VCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipz.md) Venice Marco Polo Airport · Italy · 2,430 km / 1,510 mi · Wizz Air
- [BER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddb.md) Berlin Brandenburg Airport · Germany · 2,440 km / 1,516 mi · Wizz Air
- [CIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lira.md) Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport · Italy · 2,458 km / 1,527 mi · Wizz Air
- [FMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edja.md) Memmingen Allgau Airport · Germany · 2,592 km / 1,611 mi · Wizz Air
- [HAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddh.md) Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · Germany · 2,704 km / 1,680 mi · Wizz Air
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 2,711 km / 1,685 mi · Wizz Air
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,804 km / 1,742 mi · FlyArystan
- [DTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edlw.md) Dortmund Airport · Germany · 2,816 km / 1,750 mi · Wizz Air
- [HHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/edfh.md) Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · Germany · 2,822 km / 1,754 mi · Wizz Air
- [LYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfll.md) Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · France · 2,992 km / 1,859 mi · Wizz Air
- [CRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebci.md) Brussels South Charleroi Airport · Belgium · 3,024 km / 1,879 mi · Wizz Air
- [BVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfob.md) Beauvais-Tillé airport · France · 3,190 km / 1,982 mi · Wizz Air
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 3,322 km / 2,064 mi · Wizz Air
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 3,803 km / 2,363 mi · Wizz Air

### Seasonal (1)

- [CIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii.md) Shymkent International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,211 km / 1,374 mi · FlyArystan

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 1,958 km / 1,217 mi · Smartwings
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 2,008 km / 1,248 mi · Electra Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (7)

- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 24
- FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 5
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 1
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1
- EAF [Electra Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/electra-airways) · 1 · seasonal charter
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 796K (2022) | #914 of 3,974 | #286 in Asia | #2 in GE |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =735 in Asia | =6 in GE |
| Elevation | 68 m / 223 ft | =33,321 of 43,403 | =1,915 in Asia | #12 in GE |
| Age | Opened 2012 | =12,916 of 15,079 | =673 in Asia | #3 in GE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in GE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | KUTAISI TWR | 125.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [GE-0010](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ge-0010.md) Senaki Air Base · 37 km / 23 mi
- [GE-0007](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ge-0007.md) Ozurgeti Air Base · 58 km / 36 mi
- [UGAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugam.md) Ambrolauri Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [BUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsb.md) Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [SUI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugss.md) Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport · 135 km / 84 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: “Kutaisi International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kutaisi_International_Airport&oldid=1371388335), 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/ugko/data