The capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara and the most popular Black Sea resort of Georgia, the city of Batumi, the airport has an international status. In summer, many charter flights land here, bringing tourists to excellent pebble beaches. But at other times of the year, Batumi Airport, or Chorokh (as it is also called), is not empty. What regular flights are accepted by the air harbor of Adjara, what services are waiting for the traveler in the terminal and how to get to the city? Read all about it below.
Where is the air harbor of Batumi
The airport is located just two kilometers southwest of the city center. Batumi is located quite close to the border with Turkey. Thus, the city of Artvin lies only twenty kilometers south of the airport. The only terminal was put into operation in May 2007. In order to obtain the status of Batumi's international air harbor, the airport was transformed according to European standards in 2009. The renovation allowed the city not only to receive charters with summer tourists, but also to serve aircraft of regional flights from the northeast of Turkey. Bandwidththis hub - six hundred thousand travelers a year. The area of the airport is almost four thousand square meters. The maximum weight of an aircraft that can land in the air harbor of Batumi is 64 tons. In this regard, the airfield was assigned the second class. It is ready to accept helicopters of any type, as well as Tu-134, Il-18, Yak-42, Airbus A319 and A320, as well as Boeing 737.
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What kind of flights constantly arrive in Batumi? The airport, whose schedule is especially busy in summer, receives regular flights from Moscow Domodedovo on Saturdays and Tuesdays. It takes two and a half hours to fly from the capital of Russia to Batumi, regardless of which air carrier you choose - S7 or Georgian Airways. Ural Airlines connect Adjara with St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. Quite a few flights connect Batumi with the two main cities of Turkey - Ankara and Istanbul. Belavia brings passengers from Minsk, and Ukraine International Airlines - from Kyiv (Boryspil airport). Naturally, Batumi is connected to the country's capital, Tbilisi, by many domestic flights. They are carried out by Georgian Airlines. The same carrier sends its cars to Tehran, Tel Aviv and Kyiv. Liners of the YanAer company fly to the capital of Ukraine, but to Zhuliany airport.
Services
The international terminal of the air harbor of the capital of Adjara is not much different from similar ones. It is compact and convenient. It also has duty-free shops and an office.on VAT return, ATMs, luggage storage and packing, cafe, waiting rooms. But there is also a highlight that immediately catches the eye of those passengers who arrive in Batumi in the evening. The airport is equipped with an extraordinary control tower, which, with the help of illumination, looks exactly like an intergalactic ship. Therefore, it seems that an alien spaceship has landed in the air harbor of Adjara.
Batumi Airport: how to get to the city
The easiest way to overcome the two kilometers separating Chorokh from the city is by bus. Right at the exit from the terminal there is a stop. City bus number 9 will take you through the streets of old Batumi. Route number 10 runs along the beautiful embankment and the main transport artery of the capital of Adjara, Shota Rustaveli Avenue. The bus fare is only forty tetri. You will be in the city center in twenty minutes. But buses run from seven in the morning until midnight. In addition, in winter, their plying becomes less frequent than in summer. If you arrive in Batumi at night, the only way to get to the city is by taxi. You can order a transfer in advance. Government taxis are metered and more reliable. Private traders on duty at the airport rip off visitors at exorbitant prices.
