# Mestia Queen Tamar Airport (UGMS)

**Mestia Queen Tamar Airport** (ICAO: UGMS) is a small airport in Mestia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia. It opened in 2010. In 2022 it handled 9 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / UGMS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Mestia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
- Opened: 2010
- Elevation: 1,456 m / 4,778 ft
- Coordinates: 43.0536, 42.7490
- Passengers: 9,385 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Asia/Tbilisi
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Tamar_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875860
- Weather station: UGMS
- Ident: UGMS

## Timeline

- 2010: Mestia Queen Tamar Airport opens.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 4,580 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,922 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 885 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,343 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 4,465 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 4,214 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 7,256 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 6,858 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 8,625 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,165 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 5,141 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 9,385 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [KUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugko.md) David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · Georgia · 100 km / 62 mi · Vanilla Sky Airlines
- [UGSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsa.md) Natakhtari Airfield · Georgia · 204 km / 127 mi · Vanilla Sky Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Vanilla Sky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vanilla-sky-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 9K (2022) | #2,717 of 3,974 | #810 in Asia | #5 in GE |
| Elevation | 1,456 m / 4,778 ft | =2,340 of 43,403 | #293 in Asia | #1 in GE |
| Age | Opened 2010 | =12,735 of 15,079 | =654 in Asia | #2 in GE |

## Nearby airports

- [UGAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugam.md) Ambrolauri Airport · 67 km / 41 mi
- [NAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmn.md) Nalchik Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [KUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugko.md) David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [GE-0010](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ge-0010.md) Senaki Air Base · 107 km / 67 mi
- [URME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urme.md) Yessentuki Airfield · 112 km / 70 mi
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · 133 km / 83 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: “Queen Tamar Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen_Tamar_Airport&oldid=1371086621), revision of 24 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/ugms/data