David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport

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Kutaisi International Airport
ქუთაისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი
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IATA: KUT – ICAO: UGKO
KUT is located in Georgia (country)
KUT
KUT
Location of airport in Georgia
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Kutaisi, Georgia
Hub for Georgian Airways
Elevation AMSL 223 ft / 68 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website kutaisiairport.ge/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,600 8,202 Concrete
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Kutaisi International Airport (IATA: KUT, ICAO: UGKO) also known as David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport[3] is an airport located 14 km (8.7 mi) west of Kutaisi, the second largest city in Georgia and capital of the western region of Imereti. It is one of three international airports currently in operation in Georgia, along with Tbilisi International Airport serving the Georgian capital and Batumi International Airport near the Adjara Black Sea resort. The airport is operated by United Airports of Georgia, a state-owned company.[4]

History

The airport was closed for renovation in November 2011. Its reopening ceremony was held on 27 September 2012. It was attended by President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán[5] and Wizz Air CEO József Váradi.[6]

For preparation works for the commissioning of the airport and training of staff, the French company Vinci Airports was contracted.[7] Some construction work around the airport continues. There is one duty-free shop and two coffee shops operating at the airport. The airport is currently connected to scheduled public transportation to Kutaisi, Tbilisi and Batumi after each arrival.[8] The airport terminal is located next to the main road between Kutaisi and Batumi, so it is possible to transfer to those cities also by marshrutka.[9]

The priority of the Kutaisi airport is to attract low tariff airlines and create a special environment between airlines and airports. It will be equipped with the highest quality navigation and weather systems.[3] A significant growth in the number of passenger has been noted soon after the reopening of the airport in 2012, mainly due to Wizz Air operations linking Kutaisi with Polish and Ukrainian airports. For 2013 the operator reported 187,939 passengers.[10]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Belavia Seasonal: Minsk-National
Georgian Airways Moscow-Vnukovo, Tbilisi
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen[11]
Ukraine International Airlines Kharkiv,[12] Kiev-Boryspil[13]
Ural Airlines Moscow-Domodedovo
Wizz Air Budapest, Vilnius, Warsaw-Chopin
Seasonal: Katowice

Statistics

Annual passenger statistics[10]
Year Total passengers Change from previous year
2010
7,446
2011
4,527
 Decrease 40.3%
2012
12,932
 Increase 185.7%
2013
187,939
 Increase 1,353.3%
2014
218,003
 Increase 16.0%
2015
182,954
 Decrease 16.08%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for UGKO from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ Airport information for KUT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ United Airports of Georgia company website: http://airports.ge/
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Vinci Airports company website (retrieved 1 September 2013)
  8. ↑ http://www.georgianbus.com/
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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