Qabala International Airport

Qabala International Airport (Azerbaijani: Qəbələ Beynəlxalq Aeroport) (IATA: GBB, ICAO: UBBQ) is an airport serving Qabala[1] (also known as Qəbələ or Gabala), the capital of the Gabala district (rayon) in Azerbaijan. The airport was officially opened by President Ilham Aliyev on 17 November 2011.[3]

Qabala Airport Qəbələ Beynəlxalq Aeroport
IATA: GBB ICAO: UBBQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Qabala
Location	Qabala, Azerbaijan
Elevation AMSL	1,129 ft / 344 m
Coordinates	40°49′36″N 047°42′45″E
Map
GBB/UBBQ Location of airport in Qabala, Azerbaijan GBB/UBBQ GBB/UBBQ (West and Central Asia) GBB/UBBQ GBB/UBBQ (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 3,600 11,809 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 55,651 Passenger change 13–14 19.3% Aircraft movements 918 Movements change 13–14 2.0%
Elevation/runway: DAFIF[1] Coordinates: WikiMapia[2]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 935 feet (285 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,600 by 60 metres (11,811 ft × 197 ft).[1]

Runway 16 is equipped with an ILS CAT II, which enables aircraft operations in low ceiling (30 meters) and visibility (350 meters).[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Azerbaijan Airlines	Baku[5] Seasonal: Moscow–Vnukovo
Ural Airlines	Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo[6]

From March to October 2016 Gabala was the Azerbaijan gateway for Pegasus flights from Istanbul.[7] In 2017 flydubai offered summer flights from Dubai-International.[8] In 2018 Air Arabia tried out Gabala as a summer destination from Sharjah[9]

All were suspended after one season.

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
2013	46,658	N.D.	900	N.D.	327	N.D.
2014	55,651	19.27%	918	2.00%	3	99.08%
Source: Airports Council International. World Airport Traffic Reports (Years 2013,[10] and 2014[11])

See also

• Transport in Azerbaijan
• List of airports in Azerbaijan

References

1. Airport information for UBBQ from DAFIF (effective July 2012)
2. Coordinates from aerial imagery at WikiMapia
3. azal.az – Gabala Airport Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
4. charts.aero – UBBQ charts Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
5. "AZAL will continue flights to Ganja and Gabala | Azerbaijan Airlines". www.azal.az. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. Liu, Jim. "Ural Airlines adds Moscow – Qabala service from late-Oct 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
7. report.az
8. "Drie nieuwe bestemmingen voor prijsvechter Flydubai". Luchtvaartnieuws.nl. 17 February 2017.
9. "Air Arabia adds seasonal Gabala service in S18". routesonline. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
10. Airport Council International's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report
11. Airport Council International's 2014 World Airport Traffic Report