Nakhchivan International Airport ( az, Naxçıvan Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) is a civilian airport and
Azeri
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military
airbase
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located in
Nakhchivan,
the capital of the
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ( az, Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası, ), is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republic with a popula ...
, a
landlocked
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exclave
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of
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 ...
. The airport was built in the 1970s.
Facilities
The airport is at an elevation of above
mean sea level
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. It has two
runway
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s: 14R/32L with a concrete surface measuring and 14L/32R with an
asphalt
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surface measuring .
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
See also
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Transport in Azerbaijan
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* For Soviet transport ...
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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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References
External links
Nakhchivan International airport at AZAL*
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1970s establishments in Azerbaijan
1970s establishments in the Soviet Union
Airports established in the 1970s
Airports in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Air Force bases
Airports built in the Soviet Union
Transportation in Nakhchivan
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