The Republic of Azerbaijan is located in the south of the Caucasus. Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan, the largest city in Transcaucasia. Baku is rapidly developing, as it is the industrial, economic and cultural center of the country. International trade along with industry (oil refining, chemical, textile, engineering, food) ensure the stable development of the state. Therefore, Baku airports play an increasingly important role in the life of the capital.
Zabrat
The urban-type settlement of Zabrat is located 14.5 km from Baku. There is a small airfield of the same name, owned by the aviation company Silk Way Helicopter Services. The territory of Zabrat is fenced using special electronic systems and is well lit at night. This ensures the safety of aircraft and people. Zabrat accepts small aircraft and helicopters.
The airport includes: a building for pilots, a terminal for passengers, a runway, parking lots, a hangar for technicalaircraft maintenance. The throughput of the terminal is 240 people per hour. It has arrivals, departures, waiting rooms, a cafe, rest rooms, a toilet room, a cargo warehouse.
Address: Azerbaijan, AZ1104 Baku, Zabrat settlement 2.
Phone: +994-12-437-40-49.
Services from SWHS
- Passenger transportation within the country (including excursions, VIP flights) and foreign (Russia, USA, Italy, Germany).
- Transportation of goods.
- Carrying out evacuation (including rescue), construction, installation work.
- Patrol, monitoring of power lines and non-gas pipelines.
- Video and photo shooting.
- Aircraft lease.
Heydar Aliyev Airport
The largest international airport in Azerbaijan is located in Baku. Heydar Aliyev Airport is a modern high-tech facility capable of handling about 2,000 people per hour.
The first planes began to take off and land here in October 1910. Then the terminal was much more modest than the current one and had a different name - "Bina International Airport". Baku is located 20 km from the village of Bina. The city grew and developed. Over time, it became necessary to increase the capacity of the airport.
In the autumn of 1999, a new station complex was put into operation, and in April 2014, another one. Now the Azerbaijani capital has one of the best airports in the world. Since March 2004, it has become known as the International Airport named afterHeydar Aliyev in honor of the third president of the republic.
Address: Azerbaijan, AZ1109, Baku, Bina village.
Phones:
- +994-12-497-27-27,
- +994-12-497-26-00,
- +994-12-497-26-04.
You can get to the airport by express buses (No. H1), departing every 30 minutes from the metro station "May 28" or "Korgol", by taxi.
Baku, Heydar Aliyev Airport: structure
The station complex has a large parking lot, 2 runways (3, 2 and 4 km), 2 passenger and 2 cargo terminals.
"Terminal 1" with an area of 65,000 m2, which was completed in 2014, serves international flights. It is a three-story building with a triangular shape with rounded edges, reminiscent of a fantastic starship. The facade of the structure is made of a stele that reflects the surroundings.
The inside is very spacious, clean, comfortable and beautiful. Everywhere you can see green trees and unusual structures made of oak veneer, reminiscent of cocoons. Each of them has cafes, bars or kiosks. 24 Duty Free shops are open around the clock. There are ATMs, car rentals, bank offices, a pharmacy, a left-luggage office, information and lost property.
Quality comfortable furniture allows passengers to have a great time while waiting for a flight or luggage. For children, there is a well-equipped play area, rooms for the mother andchild. There is free wireless Internet, TV.
"Terminal 2" is located in the old building of the Baku air terminal. From here, regional flights are carried out to other Azerbaijani airports: Baku - Nakhichevan, Baku - Ganja, Baku - Gabala, Baku - Zagatala, Baku - Lankaran.
The third and fourth terminals are cargo terminals, with a turnover of about 800,000 tons per year.
Baku airport, new terminal: flights
The flight schedule includes more than 140 flights. Most arrivals and departures occur in the evening, the rest occur at night.
Baku airports give passengers the opportunity to fly to the CIS, Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East. Regular flights depart to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Mineralnye Vody, Istanbul, Minsk, Kyiv, Tashkent, Tel Aviv, Luxembourg, Ankara, Kabul, Dubai, Doha, Tbilisi, London, Paris, Milan, Prague, Vienna, Aktau, Tehran, Almaty, New York, Beijing, Shanghai, Urumqi and other cities.
Airplanes fly to Antalya, Bodrum Chania, Berlin, Barcelona, Izmir only seasonally. Flights to Frankfurt, Riga, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk are carried out under codeshare agreements.
Baku airports cooperate with 32 passenger and 3 cargo aviation companies. The main carrier is Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL). The central office of the company is located in the Baku airport. Heydar Aliyev.
