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Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport

ICAO UGSB41.6094°N 41.6003°E32 m / 105 ftLarge airport

Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (IATA: BUS, ICAO: UGSB) is a large airport in Batumi, Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia. It opened on 26 May 2007. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by TAV Airports Holding. In 2022 it handled 617 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2007–2007

26 MAY 2007

OpenedAlexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

12/30131° / 311° · LIT

LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

134K

168K

209K

214K

226K

312K

496K

599K

624K

51K

516K

617K

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Routes

40 destinations · 15 countries

Year-round12

AERSochi International AirportRussia · Azimuth245 km152 mi UGSANatakhtari AirfieldGeorgia · Vanilla Sky Airlines261 km162 mi TBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Georgian Airways279 km173 mi MRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azimuth315 km196 mi GYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines720 km447 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines1,030 km640 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines1,072 km666 mi IKAImam Khomeini International AirportIran · Varesh Airlines1,078 km670 mi AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Jordan Aviation1,207 km750 mi VKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · Azimuth, Georgian Airways1,586 km985 mi MSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Belavia1,694 km1,053 mi TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Fly Khiva2,298 km1,428 mi

Seasonal29

AERSochi International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines245 km152 mi KRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines428 km266 mi SCOAktau International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan814 km506 mi VOGVolgograd International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines826 km513 mi GUWAtyrau International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan1,016 km631 mi GSVGagarin International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines1,176 km731 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia, Israir Airlines1,222 km759 mi KUFKurumoch International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines1,468 km912 mi KWIKuwait International AirportKuwait · Jazeera Airways1,492 km927 mi RENOrenburg Central AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines1,544 km959 mi ZIAZhukovsky International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines1,571 km976 mi GOJNizhny Novgorod / Strigino International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines1,633 km1,015 mi KZNKazan International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines1,653 km1,027 mi UFAUfa International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines1,781 km1,107 mi DMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,843 km1,145 mi RUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia1,910 km1,187 mi PEEPerm International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines2,078 km1,291 mi CEKKurchatov Chelyabinsk International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines2,100 km1,305 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic2,116 km1,315 mi LEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines2,168 km1,347 mi SVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines2,171 km1,349 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai2,217 km1,378 mi JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas2,228 km1,384 mi CITShymkent International AirportKazakhstan · FlyArystan2,295 km1,426 mi TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Uzbekistan Airways2,298 km1,428 mi TJMRoshchino International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines2,414 km1,500 mi NQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana, FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines2,499 km1,553 mi ALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Astana, FlyArystan2,891 km1,796 mi OVBNovosibirsk Tolmachevo AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines3,317 km2,061 mi

Seasonal charter2

VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · GetJet Airlines1,878 km1,167 mi TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Air Samarkand2,298 km1,428 mi

Most destinationsRed Wings Airlines 16FlyArystan 5Azimuth 3Flynas 3Georgian Airways 2Air Astana 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BUS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Batumi International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers617K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,026of 3,974 · #323 Asia · #3 GE Longest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =737 Asia · =6 GE Elevation32 m105 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,597of 43,341 · =2,280 Asia · #13 GE AgeOpened 20072026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,381of 15,079 · =622 Asia · #1 GE Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =1 GE

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

1 channels

TWRTWR120.000