# Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (BUS / UGSB)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BUS / UGSB
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: TAV Airports Holding
- Serves: Batumi, Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia
- Opened: 26 May 2007
- Elevation: 32 m / 105 ft
- Coordinates: 41.6094, 41.6003
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 m / 8,202 ft
- Passengers: 616,885 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Asia/Tbilisi
- Website: http://www.batumiairport.com/en-EN/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batumi_International_Airport (35 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1200570
- Weather station: UGSB · WMO 37484
- Ident: UGSB

## Timeline

- 26 May 2007: Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 133,864 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 168,339 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 208,937 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 213,841 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 226,476 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 312,343 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 495,704 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 598,891 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 624,178 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 51,412 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 516,017 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 616,885 | Wikidata |

## Routes

40 destinations in 15 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (12)

- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 245 km / 152 mi · Azimuth
- [UGSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugsa.md) Natakhtari Airfield · Georgia · 261 km / 162 mi · Vanilla Sky Airlines
- [TBS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugtb.md) Tbilisi International Airport · Georgia · 279 km / 173 mi · Georgian Airways
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 315 km / 196 mi · Azimuth
- [GYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ubbb.md) Heydar Aliyev International Airport · Azerbaijan · 720 km / 447 mi · Azerbaijan Airlines
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 1,030 km / 640 mi · Pegasus Airlines
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 1,072 km / 666 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [IKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oiie.md) Imam Khomeini International Airport · Iran · 1,078 km / 670 mi · Varesh Airlines
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · Jordan · 1,207 km / 750 mi · Jordan Aviation
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 1,586 km / 985 mi · Azimuth, Georgian Airways
- [MSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/umms.md) Minsk National Airport · Belarus · 1,694 km / 1,053 mi · Belavia
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,298 km / 1,428 mi · Fly Khiva

### Seasonal (29)

- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 245 km / 152 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 428 km / 266 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [SCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uate.md) Aktau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 814 km / 506 mi · FlyArystan
- [VOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urww.md) Volgograd International Airport · Russia · 826 km / 513 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [GUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uatg.md) Atyrau International Airport · Kazakhstan · 1,016 km / 631 mi · FlyArystan
- [GSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwsg.md) Gagarin International Airport · Russia · 1,176 km / 731 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 1,222 km / 759 mi · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia, Israir Airlines
- [KUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwww.md) Kurumoch International Airport · Russia · 1,468 km / 912 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [KWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/okkk.md) Kuwait International Airport · Kuwait · 1,492 km / 927 mi · Jazeera Airways
- [REN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwoo.md) Orenburg Central Airport · Russia · 1,544 km / 959 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [ZIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uubw.md) Zhukovsky International Airport · Russia · 1,571 km / 976 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · Russia · 1,633 km / 1,015 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [KZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwkd.md) Kazan International Airport · Russia · 1,653 km / 1,027 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 1,781 km / 1,107 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,843 km / 1,145 mi · Flynas
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,910 km / 1,187 mi · Flynas, flyadeal, Saudia
- [PEE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uspp.md) Perm International Airport · Russia · 2,078 km / 1,291 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [CEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uscc.md) Kurchatov Chelyabinsk International Airport · Russia · 2,100 km / 1,305 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [RIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/evra.md) Riga International Airport · Latvia · 2,116 km / 1,315 mi · AirBaltic
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 2,168 km / 1,347 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 2,171 km / 1,349 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 2,217 km / 1,378 mi · flydubai
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,228 km / 1,384 mi · Flynas
- [CIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaii.md) Shymkent International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,295 km / 1,426 mi · FlyArystan
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,298 km / 1,428 mi · Uzbekistan Airways
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 2,414 km / 1,500 mi · Red Wings Airlines
- [NQZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uacc.md) Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,499 km / 1,553 mi · Air Astana, FlyArystan, SCAT Airlines
- [ALA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uaaa.md) Almaty International Airport · Kazakhstan · 2,891 km / 1,796 mi · Air Astana, FlyArystan
- [OVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/unnt.md) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport · Russia · 3,317 km / 2,061 mi · Red Wings Airlines

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [VNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eyvi.md) Vilnius International Airport · Lithuania · 1,878 km / 1,167 mi · GetJet Airlines
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,298 km / 1,428 mi · Air Samarkand

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- NS [Caucasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/caucasus-airlines)

### Passenger (26)

- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 16 · seasonal
- FS [FlyArystan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyarystan) · 5 · seasonal
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 3
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 3 · seasonal
- KC [Air Astana](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-astana) · 2 · seasonal
- A9 [Georgian Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/georgian-airways) · 2
- 9S [Air Samarkand](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-samarkand) · 1 · seasonal charter
- BT [AirBaltic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airbaltic) · 1 · seasonal
- IZ [Arkia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arkia) · 1 · seasonal
- J2 [Azerbaijan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azerbaijan-airlines) · 1
- B2 [Belavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/belavia) · 1
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 1 · seasonal
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1 · seasonal
- [Flykhiva](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flykhiva) · 1
- GW [GetJet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/getjet-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter
- 6H [Israir Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/israir-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- J9 [Jazeera Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jazeera-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- R5 [Jordan Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jordan-aviation) · 1
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 1
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1
- SV [Saudia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/saudia) · 1 · seasonal
- DV [SCAT Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scat-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- LY [Sun d'Or International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sun-dor-international-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- HY [Uzbekistan Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uzbekistan-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- [Vanilla Sky Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vanilla-sky-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Air Batumi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-batumi), [Georgian International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/georgian-international-airlines).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 617K (2022) | #1,026 of 3,974 | #322 in Asia | #3 in GE |
| Longest runway | 2,500 m / 8,202 ft | =2,333 of 29,858 | =735 in Asia | =6 in GE |
| Elevation | 32 m / 105 ft | =36,652 of 43,403 | =2,276 in Asia | #13 in GE |
| Age | Opened 2007 | =12,369 of 15,079 | =621 in Asia | #1 in GE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =1 in GE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 120.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [GE-0007](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ge-0007.md) Ozurgeti Air Base · 42 km / 26 mi
- [RZV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfo.md) Rize–Artvin Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [GE-0010](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ge-0010.md) Senaki Air Base · 79 km / 49 mi
- [KUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugko.md) David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [SUI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugss.md) Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport · 144 km / 90 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: “Batumi International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Batumi_International_Airport&oldid=1376143031), revision of 22 Sep 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/ugsb/data