Heydar Aliyev International Airport ( az, Heydar Aliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport after a suburb of
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
. On 10 March 2004, the airport was renamed after president
Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Aze ...
. The airport is 20 kilometers northeast of Azerbaijan capital
Baku
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, connected to the city by a highway. The airport serves as the hub for national carriers
Azerbaijan Airlines
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and
Buta Airways
Buta Airways is an Azerbaijani low-cost virtual carrier headquartered in Baku, with its primary operational base at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Azerbaijan Airlines.
History
In December 2016, it was ann ...
.
Facilities
Terminals
The airport consists of two passenger terminals, Terminal 1 being the newer one, and two cargo terminals.
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 was commissioned in April 2014. Its total area is 65,000 square meters. The terminal is designed for 6 million passengers per year. It currently serves up to 3 million passengers annually. The total parking area is 20,000 square meters for 600 vehicles. The airport has a wide range of shops, restaurants, cafés, and duty-free stores in both the departures and arrivals areas. Terminal 1 contains five lounges and a spa. Terminal 1 operates jet bridges capable of receiving 12 aircraft simultaneously. Two jet bridges are intended for accommodating the world's largest passenger aircraft, the
Airbus A380
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.
Terminal 1’s four-level engineering concept was developed in 2010 by
Arup Group
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with a tricorn shape and semi-transparent roof. The interior, designed by Turkish company AUTOBAN, has a series of oak-veneer “cocoons”. There is Vanderlande baggage handling system in Terminal 1, as well as L-3 equipment for thorough baggage inspection and scanners designed to obtain a layered image of the internal structure of the object. 30 Schindler escalators and 21 elevators are installed in Terminal 1. Terminal 1 is equipped with a Building Management System (BMS) which is designed to automate processes and operations that are implemented in modern buildings and is the technical basis of the so-called intelligent buildings. Also, Terminal 1 is equipped with a separate system of resource support, such as electricity, lighting, ventilation, heating, air conditioning, water supply, and sewerage.
Terminal 2
Architect Viktor Denisov is the author of the project of Terminal 2, which currently serves both domestic flights (South entrance) and international flights of low-cost airlines (North entrance). The project was awarded the first prize in a competition in 1981 and was implemented in 1989.
Cargo
The cargo terminal was opened on March 23, 2005. Terminal building houses companies such as
Silk Way Airlines
Silk Way Airlines is an Azerbaijani private cargo airline with its head office and flight operations at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku. It operates freight services to Asia, the Middle East and Europe, as well as services for govern ...
,
Imair Air Company,
Euroasian Air Services,
Lufthansa Cargo
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and
Panalpina
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Ove ...
. The terminal claims to be able to serve nine
Boeing 747
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After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, t ...
,
Antonov An-124
The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (; russian: Антонов Ан-124 Руслан, , Ruslan; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrain ...
or fifteen
Ilyushin Il-76
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-type aircraft simultaneously.
Runways
The airport has two runways; Runway 16/34 is , runway 17/35 is .
Hotels
Sheraton Baku Airport Hotel with 205 rooms is located on the territory of Heydar Aliyev International Airport.
Passengers with children
International Terminal provides a baby care room, play area as well as diaper changing tables.
Services for passengers with reduced mobility
The airport provides personal assistance to passengers with disabilities, special parking spaces, information desks and check-in counters, 24/7 medical centre service, if necessary, and ambulifts for pickup on board aircraft. Airport staff will escort registered passengers to the lounge and then to the boarding gate.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Cargo
Accolades
* Heydar Aliyev International Airport was awarded “best airport in
CIS
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” by Skytrax in 2022
Statistics
Transport
Bus and taxi
BakuBus H1 buses run 24 hours a day from 28 May Metro Station to Baku Airport. The traffic interval is 30 minutes in the afternoon and hourly at night. The airport is reached from Baku (and back) by private taxi in about 20 minutes.
Transport and parking
The airport can be reached by car from the capital either on the airport highway via Heydar Aliyev Avenue, or on Zikh highway via Nobel Avenue. Parking is available in lots at each terminal, with a total capacity of 1,600 vehicles.
See also
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List of airports in Azerbaijan
This is a list of airports in Azerbaijan, grouped by type and sorted by location.
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List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
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Transportation in Azerbaijan
References
External links
Heydar Aliyev International Airport official website*
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Heydar Aliyev International Airport Renovation Project
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Buildings and structures in Baku
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Airports established in 1933
1933 establishments in Azerbaijan