Khorog Airport

Khorog Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: UTOD Khorog Location of airport in Tajikistan
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Khorog, Tajikistan
Elevation AMSL	6,700 ft / 2,042 m
Coordinates	37°30′08″N 071°30′48″E / 37.50222°N 71.51333°E
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 1,840 6,036 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Khorog Airport (ICAO: UTOD) is an airport serving Khorugh^[1] (also spelled Khorog), a city in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan. Due to difficult weather conditions, flights are canceled frequently.

Khorug Airport in 2009

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 6,700 feet (2,042 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,840 by 49 metres (6,037 ft × 161 ft).^[1] Aga Khan Foundation has plans to build a new runway at the airport.^[3]

Airline and destination

Until 2001 the city of Murghab was served from Khorog. Due to insufficient demand, this connection has been canceled. Aga Khan Air Network helicopters also have regularly scheduled flights three times per week.^[4]

Airlines	Destinations
Tajik Air	Dushanbe

References

1. Airport information from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
2. Airport information for UTOD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
3. http://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.2.5+Tajikistan+Khorog+Airport, 2014
4. http://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.2.5+Tajikistan+Khorog+Airport, 2014