Heydar Aliyev International Airport

Heydar Aliyev International Airport
Heydər Əliyev adına beynəlxalq hava limanı

Airport diagram

IATA: GYD – ICAO: UBBB

GYD
Location of airport in Azerbaijan

Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Azerbaijan
Operator Government
Serves Baku
Location Baku, Azerbaijan
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 3 m / 10 ft
Coordinates 40°28′03″N 050°02′48″E / 40.46750°N 50.04667°E / 40.46750; 50.04667
Website www.airportbaku.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,700 8,858 Asphalt/Concrete
18/36 3,200 10,499 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 2,966,725
Passenger change 13–14 Increase3.9%
Aircraft movements 34,794
Movements change 13–14 Increase5.9%
Source: www.airportbaku.com, Azerbaijanian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] ACI's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report.

Heydar Aliyev International Airport (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) (former Bina International Airport, Azerbaijani: Heydər Əliyev adına beynəlxalq hava limanı) is the main international airport in Azerbaijan located 20 km (12 mi) northeast[1] of the capital Baku. The airport is the home of Azerbaijan Airlines, the national flag carrier. It is the busiest airport in Azerbaijan and of the Caucasus.[2] On March 10, 2004, the airport was renamed Heydar Aliyev, for the former President of Azerbaijan. As a result, its IATA code was changed from BAK to GYD. The airport has two passenger terminals and the Baku cargo terminal. The cargo airline Silk Way Airlines also has its head office on the airport property.[3]

Terminals

Terminal 1

Inside Terminal 1, 2015

The north (former domestic) terminal was entirely demolished and replaced by the stylish new Terminal 1 structure which started operating in 2014, tripling the airport's passenger capacity to six million per year.[4] The four-level engineering concept was completed in July 2010[5] designed by Arup, with a tricorn shape and semi transparent roof.[6] The interior, designed by Turkish company Autoban, has a series of oak-veneer 'coccoons' that soften and humanise the space and creating an unusual and memorable atmosphere.[7]

Terminal 2 (South Terminal)

What was, for many years, the main international terminal but is now the South (domestic) one was re-designed and rebuilt in 1998-99. Design and project management work was carried out by British company APM Ltd and the building and civil works for the project by the Turkish consortium, Burc/Enka. In addition, Thomson-CSF Airsys ATM was awarded a US$19 million contract to supply and install equipment for the renovation of the terminal building. The renovation, in two phases, was funded by a group of international banks. Phase 1 worked on the north terminal and Gate 1 and was completed in March 1999. Phase 2, the south terminal and administration offices, was completed in June.

Cargo terminal

The cargo terminal at Heydar Aliyev International Airport was officially inaugurated on 23 March 2005. The terminal is one of the biggest and most technically advanced cargo terminals in the CIS. The total terminal building area is 12 000m2. with an apron area of 163 000m2. The apron area provides space for handling of 4 Boeing 747 or 4 Antonov An-124 and 7 Ilyushin Il-76. The cargo Terminal serves as a major hub for cargo handling in the region, and has planned increasing the volume of cargo handling. Wide variety of terminal services including all types of ramp handling services meets the international requirements that can be a focus for worldwide cargo operators.[8]

Runway & Other Facilities

The first runway has the magnetic course (heading) 16/34 and is 2,700 by 60 m (8,858 by 197 ft), the second runway's magnetic course is 18/36 and is 3,200 by 45 m (10,499 by 148 ft). The paved runways are 4,000 meters long, 75m wide and ready to receive aircraft and helicopters under meteorological minimum established by ICAO. There are high intensity lights for the first runway and low intensity lights for the second one.[9] Three taxiways are situated nearby.

There is an onsite emergency rescue team, available 24 hours a day, and their equipment includes Mil Mi-8 helicopter, high flotation vehicle equipped with longwave and upper sideband radio station, motor-car lift crane, BelAZ towing tractor, iron ski, hydraulic elevators, safe blocks and standard tows.[9]

A Sheraton Hotel is within the airport area but lacks access for flightside passengers so cannot be used without clearing immigration.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Aeroflot Moscow-Sheremetyevo 1
Air Astana Almaty, Astana 1
Air Cairo Sharm el-Sheikh (begins 1 December 2015) 1
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga 1
Ariana Afghan Airlines Kabul, Moscow-Sheremetyevo 1
AZALJet[10] Aktau, Ankara, Antalya, Dubai–International, Istanbul–Atatürk, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Kazan, Kiev–Boryspil, Lviv, Mineralnye Vody, Minsk-National, Moscow–Domodedovo, St. Petersburg, Tbilisi, Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Seasonal: Bodrum (begins 17 June 2016),[11] Dalaman (begins 1 July 2016),[11] Gazipaşa (begins 4 July 2016),[11] İzmir (begins 15 June 2016),[11] 		2
Azerbaijan Airlines Beijing-Capital, Berlin-Tegel,[12] London-Heathrow, Milan-Malpensa, New York-JFK, Tel-Aviv, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague
Seasonal: Barcelona (resumes 18 June 2016)[13] 		1
Azerbaijan AirlinesGanja, Moscow-Vnukovo,* Nakhchivan 2
Belavia Minsk-National 1
flydubai Dubai-International 1
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Najaf 1
Lufthansa Aşgabat, Frankfurt 1
NordStar Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Norilsk, Ufa 1
Qatar Airways Doha, Tbilisi 1
S7 Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk 1
SCAT Aktau
Seasonal: Atyrau (begins 5 June 2016)[14] 		1
Turkish Airlines Islamabad, Istanbul-Atatürk 1
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev-Boryspil
Seasonal: Odessa 		1
Ural Airlines Yekaterinburg
Seasonal: Samara 		1
UTair Aviation Khanty-Mansiysk, Moscow-Vnukovo, Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut, Tyumen 1
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent 1
Wizz Air Budapest[15] 2

^* – flights would be transferred to AZALJet[10]

Charters

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Rhodes
Montenegro Airlines Charter: Podgorica

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Cargolux Almaty, Amman-Queen Alia, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Singapore
Cargolux Italia Milan-Malpensa
Iran Air Cargo Tehran Imam-Khomeini
Silk Way Airlines Aktau, Amsterdam, Atyrau, Baghdad, Bishkek, Dubai-International, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul-Atatürk, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Kabul, Kandahar, Kuwait, London-Stansted, Luxembourg, Milan-Malpensa, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Ürümqi

Statistics

Traffic by calendar year. Official ACI statistics
Passengers Change from previous year Aircraft operations Change from previous year Cargo
(metric tons) 		Change from previous year
2012 2,729,611 Increase13.50% 32,582 Increase11.90% 11,239 Increase12.10%
2013 2,856,371 Increase 4.64% 32,846 Increase 0.81% 12,937 Increase15.11%
2014 2,966,725 Increase 3.86% 34,794 Increase 5.93% 14,204 Increase 9.79%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports
(Years: 2012,[16] 2013,[17] and 2014[18])

Transport links

Public transport

There is a direct express bus route number H1 operating from the airport to Baku city centre. The journey takes approximately 30–40 minutes.

Car

The airport is located 20 km northeast of the capital Baku and is linked to the city by two modern highways - Airport Highway (14 km) and Zigh-Airport Highway (17 km). The journey from city centre to the airport by car takes approximately 30 min-40 min depending on the traffic conditions.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 EAD Basic Archived 11 January 2011 at WebCite
  2. ↑ Airport.az Baku - About the airport
  3. ↑ "Contact." Silk Way Airlines. Retrieved on 25 August 2011. "Head office Heydar Aliyev International Airport AZ1044 Baku, Azerbaijan."
  4. ↑ Airport Baku
  5. ↑ "Heydar Aliyev International Airport". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Woods Bagot’s Baku airport project takes shape". Design Middle East. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Autoban's Coccoons
  8. ↑ http://www.airport.az/cargo.php?id=1
  9. 1 2 "Baku Cargo Terminal". Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
  10. 1 2 "Azerbaijan Airlines Launches Low-cost AZALJet Service from late-March 2016". airlineroute.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "AZAL announces a new program of flights to popular Turkish resort cities". ABC.az. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Nazarli, Amina (25 December 2015). "AZAL to resume flights to Berlin". AzerNews. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Азизов, А. (29 January 2016). "AZAL с июня возобновляет авиарейсы по маршруту Баку-Барселона-Баку". Interfax-Azerbaijan. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  14. ↑ L, J (11 March 2016). "SCAT Adds New Russia/CIS Routes from June 2016". Airline Route. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  15. ↑ Tsurkov, Maksim (28 October 2015). "WizzAir to carry out regular Baku-Budapest flights". Trend News Agency. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Airport Council International's 2012 World Airport Traffic Report
  17. ↑ Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report
  18. ↑ Airport Council International's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report

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