Heydar Aliyev Airport is Azerbaijan's largest air hub of international importance. It is named after the third president of this republic. The airport is the base for Azerbaijan Airlines.
Heydar Aliyev Airport: photo, description
This is the largest air gate of Azerbaijan. The air hub is located 20 km northeast of the capital of the republic.
The first flights here began to receive and send back in 1910, when the airport had a different name - Bina. By 2000, the city had grown so much that it became necessary to increase the capacity. By 1999, a new terminal was built and put into operation, and in 2014 another one was built. In 2004, the airport began to bear the name of the third president of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev. Since the air hub is located in the mountains, where the level of seismic activity is high, the structural elements of the buildings were made using special technologies that increase stability.
Heydar Aliyev Airport is a modern high-tech air hub with a capacity of about 2,000 passengers per hour. Aerodromethe complex includes two asph alt runways, which allow the reception and departure of all known types of airliners, including A380, An-225.
Heydar Aliyev International Airport: infrastructure and terminals
The air terminal complex consists of two passenger and two cargo terminals. The first was built on the site of the old air terminal, which was built back in the Soviet years. It has 4 floors and is made in the form of a triangle with a translucent roof. It uses the latest equipment for screening passenger baggage, ventilation, air conditioning, electricity and water supply, lighting, 12 air bridges, 2 of which are designed to serve the largest airliner in the world - the Airbus A380. In addition, there are duty-free shops in the international departures area. There is parking next to the terminal. Only international flights are served here.
The second terminal was built back in Soviet times (in 1989) and currently serves only domestic flights.
Cargo terminals serve about 800 thousand tons of cargo per year.
Airlines & Destinations
Heydar Aliyev Airport is the base for the national air carrier - Azerbaijan Airlines. The airline operates regular international flights to the following destinations:
- Belarus-Minsk;
- UK-London;
- Germany-Berlin;
- Georgia-Tbilisi;
- Israel-Tel Aviv;
- Iran-Tehran;
- Spain-Barcelona;
- Italy-Milan;
- Kazakhstan-Aktau;
- China-Beijing;
- UAE-Dubai;
- Russia – Kazan, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, St. Petersburg;
- USA - New York;
- Turkey - Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Gazipasa, Dalaman, Izmir, Istanbul;
- Ukraine - Kyiv, Lviv;
- France-Paris;
- Czech Republic - Prague.
In addition, the airline operates domestic flights - Nakhichevan, Ganja. Flights of twenty foreign airlines are served here, including 5 Russian ones (Aeroflot, NordStar, S7, Ural Airlines and UTair), which provide regular flights to the following destinations:
- Asia & Middle East: Aktau, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Ashgabat, Baghdad, Doha, Dubai, Islamabal, Kabul, Najaf, Istanbul, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Urumqi, Sharm El Sheikh.
- Europe: Budapest, Kyiv, Minsk, Riga, Odessa, Frankfurt am Main.
- Russia: Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Nizhnevartovsk, Novosibirsk, Norilsk, Samara, Surgut, Tyumen, Ufa, Khanty-Mansiysk.
How to get there
Heydar Aliyev Airport is located at the address: Azerbaijan, Baku city, postal code - AZ1044. Hotline: 994124972727, Directorate: 994124972625, Fax: 994124972604.
You can get to the airport via a modern 12-lane expressway, either by private car or by taxi or bus.
Heydar Aliyev Airport is a modern and high-tech air hub in Azerbaijan. It serves flights of 21 international airlines. The air terminal complex has a developed infrastructure and includes 4 terminals (2 for passenger traffic, 2 for cargo). The quality of the airport's services was highly appreciated by the British consulting company SkyTrax, which awarded it 4 stars. The airport has a favorable location as it is located between Europe and Asia.
