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Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport

ICAO ZMUB47.8431°N 106.7670°E1,330 m / 4,364 ftLarge airport
On the map
Chinggis Khan International Airport
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Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport (IATA: ULN, ICAO: ZMUB) is a large airport in Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar (provincial municipality), Mongolia. It opened in 1961. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,100 m (10,170 ft). In 2020 it handled 447 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1961–1961
1961
OpenedBuyant-Ukhaa International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport"МИАТ" карго
14/32136° / 316° · LIT · SLOPE 2.1%
LENGTH3,100 m10,170 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
15/33145° / 325° · SLOPE 2.2%
LENGTH2,000 m6,560 ftWIDTH40 m131 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2009–2020
538K
671K
892K
1.1M
1.1M
1.0M
956K
1.0M
1.3M
1.4M
1.6M
447K
091011121314151617181920

Routes

22 destinations · 7 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miUUD · Baikal International Airport · 444 km / 276 miZMTT · Umnugobi/Tavan Tolgoi Airport · 462 km / 287 miBYN · Bayankhongor Airport · 496 km / 308 miDLZ · Dalanzadgad Airport · 506 km / 314 miIKT · Irkutsk International Airport · 520 km / 323 miZMOT · Khanbumbat Airport · 522 km / 324 miMXV · Mörön Airport · 529 km / 329 miCOQ · Choibalsan Airport · 587 km / 365 miZMGT · Ovoot Airport · 684 km / 425 miLTI · Altai Airport · 814 km / 506 miHET · Hohhot Baita International Airport · 875 km / 544 miULO · Ulaangom Airport · 1,109 km / 689 miHVD · Khovd Airport · 1,127 km / 700 miPEK · Beijing Capital International Airport · 1,166 km / 725 miULG · Ölgii Mongolei International Airport · 1,247 km / 775 miTSN · Tianjin Binhai International Airport · 1,289 km / 801 miICN · Incheon International Airport · 1,971 km / 1,225 miPUS · Gimhae International Airport · 2,308 km / 1,434 miNQZ · Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport · 2,552 km / 1,586 miHKG · Hong Kong International Airport · 2,909 km / 1,808 miSVO · Sheremetyevo International Airport · 4,635 km / 2,880 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 5,959 km / 3,703 miISTSVOHKGNQZPUSTSNULGLTIZMGTCOQMXVZMOTUUDICNHETIKTBYNZMTTPEKHVDULOULN
Year-round22
UUDBaikal International AirportRussia · Hunnu Air444 km276 miUmnugobi/Tavan Tolgoi AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia462 km287 miBYNBayankhongor AirportMongolia · Hunnu Air496 km308 miDLZDalanzadgad AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia, Hunnu Air506 km314 miIKTIrkutsk International AirportRussia · Aero Mongolia520 km323 miKhanbumbat AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia522 km324 miMXVMörön AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia, Hunnu Air529 km329 miCOQChoibalsan AirportMongolia · Hunnu Air587 km365 miZMGTOvoot AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia684 km425 miLTIAltai AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia814 km506 miHETHohhot Baita International AirportChina · Air China875 km544 miULOUlaangom AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia, Hunnu Air1,109 km689 miHVDKhovd AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia, Hunnu Air1,127 km700 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China1,166 km725 miULGÖlgii Mongolei International AirportMongolia · Aero Mongolia, Hunnu Air1,247 km775 miTSNTianjin Binhai International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines, Aero Mongolia1,289 km801 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Asiana Airlines, Korean Air1,971 km1,225 miPUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Air Busan2,308 km1,434 miNQZNursultan Nazarbayev International AirportKazakhstan · SCAT Airlines2,552 km1,586 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Eznis Airways2,909 km1,808 miSVOSheremetyevo International AirportRussia · Aeroflot4,635 km2,880 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines5,959 km3,703 mi
Most destinationsAero Mongolia 11Hunnu Air 8Air China 2Tianjin Airlines 1Asiana Airlines 1Korean Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ULN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers447K (2020)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,162of 3,974 · #376 AsiaLongest runway3,100 m10,170 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=951of 29,823 · =291 Asia · #2 MNElevation1,330 m4,364 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,851of 43,341 · #339 Asia · #20 MNAgeOpened 19612026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,721of 15,079 · =274 Asia · #2 MNRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · #1 MN
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

4 channels
GROUND126.000
APPULAANBAATAR APP120.000
ATISATIS125.000
TWR120.000