Khujand Airport

Khujand International Airport (IATA: LBD, ICAO: UTDL) is an airport serving Khujand, the second-largest city in Tajikistan. Khujand was formerly known as Leninabad (during the Soviet era); hence the IATA code LBD. It is located out of the city, in the nearby town of Buston.

Khujand International Airport Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Байналмилалии Хуҷанд Furudgohi Bajnalmilalii Xuçand
IATA: LBD ICAO: UTDL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Khujand
Location	Chkalovsk, Tajikistan
Hub for	Somon Air
Elevation AMSL	442 m / 1,450 ft
Coordinates	40°12′55″N 069°41′41″E
Map
LBD Location of airport in Tajikistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,200 10,499 Asphalt 08/26 1,650 5,413 Grass
Source: AIP Tajikistan[1]

Old Terminal

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 442 m above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,200 x 50 m.

The new passenger terminal was opened on 1 October 2019.^[2]

In 2024 Airport served 779,201 passengers that is 22,1% less than in 2023 when 1,025,537 passengers were served.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Chengdu Airlines	Kashgar[4]
Nordwind Airlines	Kazan,[5] Orenburg,[6] Ufa[7]
S7 Airlines	Novosibirsk
SCAT Airlines	Şymkent, Taraz
Somon Air	Dubai–International,[8] Dushanbe, Istanbul,[9] Jeddah,[8] Kazan, Moscow–Domodedovo, Nizhnevartovsk,[10] Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Surgut,[10] Ürümqi,[11] Yekaterinburg[12]
Ural Airlines	Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Zhukovsky,[13] Saint Petersburg, Samara, Yekaterinburg Seasonal: Ufa
Yamal Airlines	Tyumen

See also

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

References

1. AIP Tajikistan Archived 31 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
2. Бобоходжиев, Мусо (2 October 2019). "В аэропорту Худжанда временно начал функционировать новый пассажирский терминал | Новости Таджикистана ASIA-Plus". www.asiaplustj.info (in Russian). Asia-Plus Media Group (Dushanbe, Tajikistan). Retrieved 13 February 2025.
3. Каюмова, Мухайё (11 February 2025). "Курбони Алимардон: «Прошлый год для нас был тяжелым»". SugdNEWS (in Russian). ОО “Центр журналистских расследований Таджикистана”. Информационное агентство "SugdNEWS". Retrieved 13 February 2025.
4. Liu, Jim (28 May 2024). "Chengdu Airlines Adds Kashi – Khudzhand Service in June 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
5. Liu, Jim (16 April 2019). "Nordwind schedules new Central Asia service in 2Q19". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
6. "Стартовала продажа билетов на рейсы из аэропорта Оренбурга в Худжанд". oren.aero. Orenburg Airport JSC. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
7. Субботина, Дарья (29 February 2024). "Для жителей Башкирии возобновят прямые регулярные рейсы из Уфы в Худжанд". www.bashinform.ru (in Russian). Bashinform. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
8. "Somon Air 1Q24 Khudzhand – Middle East Network Additions". AeroRoutes. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
9. "Somon Air 1Q24 International Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
10. Liu, Jim (15 July 2019). "Somon Air expands Khudzhand network in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
11. "Somon Air Adds Khudzhand – Urumqi From May 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
12. Summer 2014 Timetable, "Timetable". Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
13. Liu, Jim (4 October 2016). "Ural Airlines schedules Zhukovsky launch in W16". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

External links

• Current weather for UTDL at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for LBD at Aviation Safety Network