Dushanbe International Airport

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Dushanbe International Airport (IATA: DYU, ICAO: UTDD) is an international airport in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. It is the main hub for Somon Air and is the home base for Tajik Air, which also has its headquarters on the property.^[1]

Dushanbe International Airport Russian: Международный аэропорт «Душанбе» Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Байналмилалии Душанбе Furudgohi Bajnalmilalii Duşanbe
IATA: DYU ICAO: UTDD
Summary
Airport type	Joint (Civil and Military)
Owner	Government of Tajikistan
Operator	Government of Tajikistan
Serves	Dushanbe
Location	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Hub for	Somon Air Tajik Air
Elevation AMSL	2,575 ft / 785 m
Coordinates	38°32′6″N 068°49′5″E
Website	airport.tj
Map
DYU Location of airport in Tajikistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 10,210 3,112 Asphalt-concrete
Statistics (2017)
Passengers 1,305,000

History

In 1924, the first airport was built in the country, in the city currently known as Dushanbe. In November 1929, a new airport was built to serve Stalinabad (past name of Dushanbe). In 1964, the current airport complex was put into operation. Over the years, the airport has been reconstructed several times.

On September 7, 1992, during the first months of the Tajikistani Civil War, President Rahmon Nabiyev and an entourage of his were on their way to the airport when they were ambushed by opposition forces. At the terminal, Nabiyev was forced to resign, practically at gunpoint, after a meeting and discussions with the armed opposition in the VIP lounge, before being released. Tanks and troops were reportedly stationed at the terminal during the whole ordeal.^[2]

A new French-built terminal, which can serve 1.5 million passengers a year, was opened on 3 September 2014.^[3][4] France provided Tajikistan a long-term, low-interest €20 million loan. Tajikistan's own contribution was €19 million.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Astana	Almaty
Avia Traffic Company	Bishkek
Azerbaijan Airlines	Baku[6]
China Southern Airlines	Ürümqi[7]
FlyArystan	Astana[8]
flydubai	Dubai–International[9]
Jazeera Airways	Kuwait City[10]
Nordwind Airlines	Kazan, Ufa
S7 Airlines	Novosibirsk
Somon Air	Almaty,[11] Astana,[12] Delhi,[13] Dubai–International, Frankfurt, Islamabad,[14] Istanbul, Kazan, Khujand, Makhachkala,[15] Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Zhukovsky,[15] Munich,[16] Novosibirsk,[17] Saint Petersburg, Samara,[15] Sochi,[18] Tashkent,[11] Tbilisi,[19] Tehran–Imam Khomeini,[20] Ürümqi, Yekaterinburg Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh,[21] Yerevan
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul[22]
Turkmenistan Airlines	Seasonal: Ashgabat[23]
Ural Airlines	Irkutsk,[24] Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Zhukovsky, Saint Petersburg, Sochi,[25] Ufa, Yekaterinburg Seasonal: Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Samara
Utair	Moscow–Vnukovo
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent[26]
Varesh Airlines	Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at DYU airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

• Transport in Tajikistan
• List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

References

1. "Directory: World Airlines." Flight International. 30 March-5 April 2004. 78. "Titov Street 31/2, Dushanbe International Airport, Dushanbe, 734006, Tajikistan."
2. Erlanger, Steven (8 September 1992). "After Week of Turmoil, Tajik President is Forced Out". The New York Times.
3. Ozodivideo (3 September 2014). "Ифтитоҳи терминали нави фурудгоҳ дар Душанбе". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2018 – via YouTube.
4. "New terminal opens at Dushanbe International Airport". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
5. "France to Finance Dushanbe Airport Extension". The Gazette of Central Asia. Satrapia. 12 October 2012.
6. Liu, Jim (26 July 2024). "Azerbaijan Airlines Resumes Baku – Dushanbe Service From Sep 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
7. "China Southern / Xiamen Airlines NW22 International Operations - 30OCT22". AeroRoutes. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
8. "Flights from Astana to Dushanbe (Tajikistan)". flyarystan.com. FlyArystan. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
9. "flydubai to Start Tajikstan Service from late-April 2013". Routesonline / Routes. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
10. "JAZEERA AIRWAYS NETWORK EXPANSION FROM LATE-DEC 2022". Aeroroutes. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
11. "Somon Air 1Q24 International Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
12. "Somon Air to launch Dushanbe-Astana service from Apr-2024". CAPA News Briefs. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
13. Liu, Jim (24 December 2019). "Somon Air adds Delhi service from Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
14. Liu, Jim (1 July 2024). "Somon Air Schedules Islamabad July 2024 Launch". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
15. "Сомон Эйр увеличила количество рейсов в Жуковский - AVIA RU Network". www.aviaru.net. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
16. "News Archive". Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
17. "Somon air launches new air routes to Russia". Media group "ASIA-Plus". Asia-Plus. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
18. "Somon Air". www.somonair.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
19. "The first direct flight Dushanbe-Tbilisi presented in the Tajik capital on April 27 | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". asiaplustj.info. Asia-Plus Media Group. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
20. "SOMON AIR OPENS THE ROUTE DUSHANBE–TEHRAN". SomonAir. 31 January 2023. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
21. "Orange2fly to operate additional couple of flights to Sharm El-Sheikh". dailynewssegypt.com. 31 December 2018.
22. "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)". 9 April 2019.
23. "Turkmenistan Airlines Flight T53126 (TUA3216)–Dushanbe (DYU) to Ashgabat (ASB)-11 May 2023". FlightAware.
24. Liu, Jim (15 October 2024). "Ural Airlines Resumes 4 Irkutsk Regional Routes in NW24". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
25. "Аэропорт Сочи расширяет международную программу". НИА-Кубань. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
26. "Uzbekistan Airways plans Dushanbe April 2017 launch". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

External links

• www.airport.tj (in English, Russian, and Tajik)