Heydar Aliyev Airport in Baku

Heydar Aliyev Airport is the largest airport of Azerbaijan of international importance. He was named after the third president of this republic. The airport is the base for the airline "Azerbaijan Airlines".

Heydar Aliyev Airport: photo, description

These are the largest air gates in Azerbaijan. The aerial node is located 20 km to the north-east 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 commissioned, 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 aerial node is located in the mountains, where the level of seismic activity is high, the elements of the construction of buildings were made using special technologies that raise stability.

Heydar Aliyev Airport is a modern high-tech aerial node, the capacity of which is about 2 thousand passengers per hour. The aerodrome complex includes two asphalt runways that allow receiving and sending all known types of airliners, including "A380", "An-225".

Heydar Aliyev International Airport: infrastructure and terminals

The airport complex consists of two passenger and two cargo terminals. The first one was built on the site of the old air terminal, which was built 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 inspection of passenger luggage, ventilation, air conditioning, electricity and water supply, lighting, 12 telephones, 2 of which are designed for servicing the largest airliner in the world - the airbus A380. In addition, in the international departures area there are duty-free shops. Near the terminal there is a parking. Only international flights are served here.

The second terminal was built in Soviet times (in 1989) and currently serves only domestic flights.

Cargo terminals handle a turnover of about 800 thousand tons per year.

Airlines and destinations

Heydar Aliyev Airport is the base for the national air carrier - the company "Azerbaijan Airlines". The airline performs regular international flights in the following areas:

• Belarus, Minsk;
• Great Britain, London;
• Germany Berlin;
• Georgia, Tbilisi;
• Israel - Tel Aviv;
• Iran-Tehran;
• Spain, Barcelona;
• Italy - Milan;
• Kazakhstan - Aktau;
• China-Beijing;
• United Arab Emirates - Dubai;
• Russia - Kazan, Mineral Waters, Moscow, St. Petersburg;
• USA - New York;
• Turkey - Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Gazipasha, Dalaman, Izmir, Istanbul;
• Ukraine - Kiev, Lviv;
• France Paris;
• Czech Republic, Prague.

In addition, the company operates domestic flights - Nakhichevan, Ganja. It serves flights of twenty foreign airlines, including 5 Russian (Aeroflot, NordStar, S7, Ural Airlines and Uteir), which carry out regular flights in the following areas:

• Asia and the Middle East: Aktau, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Ashgabat, Baghdad, Doha, Dubai, Islamabal, Kabul, Najaf, Istanbul, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Urumqi, Sharm El Sheikh.
• Europe: Budapest, Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Odessa, Frankfurt am Main.
• Russia: Ekaterinburg, 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, zip code - AZ1044. Telephone hotline: 994124972727, the directorate: 994124972625, fax: 994124972604.

To reach the terminal you can by modern high-speed highway, which includes 12 lanes, either by private car, or by taxi or bus.

Heydar Aliyev Airport is a modern and high-tech airport in Azerbaijan. It serves flights of 21 international airlines. The airport complex has a developed infrastructure and includes 4 terminals (2 - for passenger traffic, 2 - for freight). The quality of airport services was highly appreciated by the British consulting company SkyTrax, which awarded him 4 stars. The airport has an advantageous location, because it is located between Europe and Asia.