Queen Tamar Airport

Queen Tamar Airport
ხედი ზურულდის მთიდან

IATA: none – ICAO: UGMS

Location of airport in Georgia

Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Mestia, Georgia
Elevation AMSL 4,778 ft / 1,456 m
Coordinates 43°03′30″N 042°45′02″E / 43.05833°N 42.75056°E / 43.05833; 42.75056
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 1,158 3,800 Concrete
Source: Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA),[1] Skyvector.com[2]
Queen Tamar Airport (centre) amid the epic scenery surrounding Mestia

Queen Tamar Airport (ICAO: UGMS), or Mestia Airport, is a small airport serving Mestia, a town in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia. It is named for the legendary Georgian Queen Tamar, the only ruling queen in Georgian history to be given the male-monarch ('King') title.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Service Air Kutaisi,[3] Natakhtari[3][4][5]

Statistics

Annual passenger statistics[6]
Year Total passengers Change from previous year
2010
45
Steady
2011
4,580
Increase10,177.8%
2012
2,922
Decrease36.2%
2013
885
Decrease69.7%
2014
1,343
Increase151.8%
2015
4,465
Increase232.5%

See also

References

  1. ↑ gcaa.ge - Mestia Queen Tamar Airport
  2. ↑ skyvector.com - Mestia Airport
  3. 1 2 "New Domestic Flights". Vanilla Sky. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. ↑ hotel-svaneti-mestia.com - Tbilisi-Mestia flight
  5. ↑ http://travelsurfrepeat.com/how-to-fly-from-natakhtari-tbilisi-to-mestia/
  6. ↑ "Number of Passengers Served". gcaa.ge. Civil Aviation Agency of Georgia. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

External links

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