Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport,, formerly called Chinggis Khaan International Airport, from 2005 to 2020 , is a semi-operational

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serving Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, situated southwest of the capital. Largely replaced by a new airport, it currently functions as a backup airport, with a view to be used for flight training as well as for special, charter, and government flights.

History

Development

The airport was first established as Buyant-Ukhaa Central Airport, on 19 February 1957. In 1958, international flights began with flights to

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and Beijing using

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aircraft. Regular flights from the airport started in 1961. The terminal was upgraded to make it suitable for international traffic in 1986. Following the Mongolian Revolution of 1990 and between 1994 and 1997 a further major upgrade of construction and air navigation was achieved with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank, making the airport compliant with

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standards. The US$50 million construction project was carried out by the successful bidder: a German / English joint venture of Philipp Holzmann and Wimpey Asphalt. The airport was renamed after Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) to Chinggis Khaan International Airport to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the establishment of a Mongolian State on 21 December 2005.

Replacement airport

The airport was replaced by the opening of the new Ulaanbaatar International Airport in 2021. Buyant-Ukhaa is somewhat restricted, the single runway is used in one direction for arriving aircraft and in the opposite direction for departures. The new airport significantly expands capacity, and is located at the Khoshigt Valley, south of Ulaanbaatar city centre. As the new airport is to be named ''Chinggis Khaan International Airport'', Buyant-Ukhaa reverted to its former name on July 1, 2020.

Former airlines and destinations

Statistics

Traffic figures

Top destinations

Other facilities

The airline Aero Mongolia has its head office on the third floor of the main airport building. The Air Accident Investigation Bureau Mongolia has its head office on the airport property.Address of Accident Investigation Authorities as of March 2010
." Air Accident Investigation Bureau. Retrieved on 11 May 2011. "Mongolia Air Accident Investigation Bureau Mongolia Ministry of Road, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development of Mongolia Chinggis Khaan International Airport Ulaanbaatar 34 Mongolia" There is also one cargo hangar.

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia

Aeronautical Information Publication
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