Sukhumi airport schedule. Is there an operating airport in Abkhazia? Operating airports in Abkhazia

The Government of the Republic of Abkhazia represented by the RUP " international Airport Sukhum them. V. G. Ardzinba"

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The official operator of the airport is the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Sukhum International Airport named after. V. G. Ardzinba" (OGRN 107RA001238; state registration date 03/17/2011; legal address: Republic of Abkhazia, Gulrypsha district, Babushara village, Airport).

Description

In the mid-1960s, an airfield and terminal building were built. At the end of the 1970s, the thickness of the concrete surface of the airfield was increased by 20 cm, which made it possible to accept aircraft such as Il-76. In the 1980s, a new one was opened next to the first airport terminal, which is currently not in operation. In the mid-1980s, the runway was lengthened, which made it possible to receive Il-86 aircraft (in particular, they operated flights Moscow - Sukhumi - Moscow).

Until the early 1990s, airplane flights operated from the airport to many cities of the USSR, and helicopter lines connected Sukhumi with several settlements Abkhazia. Passenger turnover was up to 5 thousand passengers per day in summer, up to 1 thousand in winter.

Republic of Abkhazia

The airport was closed in 1993 regular flights are not fulfilled.

Currently, it is actively used for flights by top officials of Russia and Abkhazia.

Incidents

  • On April 22, 1956, during takeoff, for unknown reasons, an Il-14P of the 65th air squadron of MUTA (Aeroflot) fell into the sea, killing 6 people.
    • On July 8, 1977, an An-24RV from the Kirovograd Flight School fell into the sea during takeoff, killing 6 people.
      • On August 14, 1982, two planes of the Sukhumi joint air squad (Aeroflot) collided on the runway when a Tu-134A crashed into an L-410M that had entered the runway during takeoff, killing 11 people (all on board the L-410M).
        • During Third Battle of Sukhumi in September 1993, as a result of attacks by Abkhaz troops, five Georgian airliners were destroyed: three Tu-134A and two Tu-154B, killing a total of 136 people.

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          “Yes... I’ll tell him,” Pierre said, but... – He didn’t know what to say.
          Natasha was apparently frightened by the thought that might occur to Pierre.
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          A never-before-experienced feeling of pity filled Pierre's soul.
          “I’ll tell him, I’ll tell him again,” said Pierre; – but... I would like to know one thing...
          "What to know?" asked Natasha's gaze.
          “I would like to know if you loved...” Pierre did not know what to call Anatole and blushed at the thought of him, “did you love this bad man?”
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          And an even greater feeling of pity, tenderness and love overwhelmed Pierre. He heard tears flowing under his glasses and hoped that they would not be noticed.
          “Let’s say no more, my friend,” said Pierre.
          His meek, gentle, sincere voice suddenly seemed so strange to Natasha.
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          – Don’t talk to me like that: I’m not worth it! – Natasha screamed and wanted to leave the room, but Pierre held her hand. He knew he needed to tell her something else. But when he said this, he was surprised at his own words.
          “Stop it, stop it, your whole life is ahead of you,” he told her.
          - For me? No! “Everything is lost for me,” she said with shame and self-humiliation.
          - Everything is lost? - he repeated. - If I were not me, but the most beautiful, smartest and best person in the world, and if I were free, I would be on my knees right now asking for your hand and love.
          For the first time after many days, Natasha cried with tears of gratitude and tenderness and, looking at Pierre, left the room.
          Pierre, too, almost ran out into the hall after her, holding back the tears of tenderness and happiness that were choking his throat, without getting into his sleeves, he put on his fur coat and sat down in the sleigh.
          - Now where do you want to go? - asked the coachman.
          "Where? Pierre asked himself. Where can you go now? Is it really to the club or guests? All people seemed so pitiful, so poor in comparison with the feeling of tenderness and love that he experienced; in comparison with the softened, grateful look with which she looked at him the last time because of her tears.
          “Home,” said Pierre, despite the ten degrees of frost, opening his bear coat on his wide, joyfully breathing chest.
          It was frosty and clear. Above the dirty, dim streets, above the black roofs, there was a dark, starry sky. Pierre, just looking at the sky, did not feel the offensive baseness of everything earthly in comparison with the height at which his soul was located. Upon entering Arbat Square, a huge expanse of starry dark sky opened up to Pierre’s eyes. Almost in the middle of this sky above Prechistensky Boulevard, surrounded and sprinkled on all sides with stars, but differing from everyone else in its proximity to the ground, white light, and long, raised tail, stood a huge bright comet 1812, the same comet that, as they said, foreshadowed all sorts of horrors and the end of the world. But in Pierre this bright star with a long radiant tail did not arouse any terrible feeling. Opposite Pierre, joyfully, eyes wet with tears, looked at this bright star, which, as if, with inexpressible speed, flying immeasurable spaces along a parabolic line, suddenly, like an arrow pierced into the ground, stuck here in one place chosen by it, in the black sky, and stopped, energetically raising her tail up, glowing and playing with her white light between countless other twinkling stars. It seemed to Pierre that this star fully corresponded to what was in his soul, which had blossomed towards a new life, softened and encouraged.

          From the end of 1811, increased armament and concentration of forces began Western Europe, and in 1812 these forces - millions of people (counting those who transported and fed the army) moved from West to East, to the borders of Russia, to which, in the same way, since 1811, Russian forces were drawn together. On June 12, the forces of Western Europe crossed the borders of Russia, and war began, that is, an event contrary to human reason and all human nature took place. Millions of people committed each other, against each other, such countless atrocities, deceptions, betrayals, thefts, forgeries and the issuance of false banknotes, robberies, arson and murders, which for centuries will not be collected by the chronicle of all the courts of the world and for which, during this period of time, people those who committed them did not look at them as crimes.
          What caused this extraordinary event? What were the reasons for it? Historians say with naive confidence that the reasons for this event were the insult inflicted on the Duke of Oldenburg, non-compliance with the continental system, Napoleon's lust for power, Alexander's firmness, diplomatic mistakes, etc.
          Consequently, it was only necessary for Metternich, Rumyantsev or Talleyrand, between the exit and the reception, to try hard and write a more skillful piece of paper, or for Napoleon to write to Alexander: Monsieur mon frere, je consens a rendre le duche au duc d "Oldenbourg, [My lord brother, I agree return the duchy to the Duke of Oldenburg.] - and there would be no war.
          It is clear that this was how the matter seemed to contemporaries. It is clear that Napoleon thought that the cause of the war was the intrigues of England (as he said this on the island of St. Helena); It is clear that it seemed to the members of the English House that the cause of the war was Napoleon’s lust for power; that it seemed to the Prince of Oldenburg that the cause of the war was the violence committed against him; that it seemed to the merchants that the cause of the war was the continental system that was ruining Europe, that it seemed to the old soldiers and generals that the main reason was the need to use them in business; the legitimists of that time that it was necessary to restore les bons principes [good principles], and the diplomats of that time that everything happened because the alliance of Russia with Austria in 1809 was not skillfully hidden from Napoleon and that the memorandum was awkwardly written for No. 178. It is clear that these and a countless, infinite number of reasons, the number of which depends on the countless differences in points of view, seemed to contemporaries; but for us, our descendants, who contemplate the enormity of the event in its entirety and delve into its simple and terrible meaning, these reasons seem insufficient. It is incomprehensible to us that millions of Christian people killed and tortured each other, because Napoleon was power-hungry, Alexander was firm, the politics of England was cunning and the Duke of Oldenburg was offended. It is impossible to understand what connection these circumstances have with the very fact of murder and violence; why, due to the fact that the duke was offended, thousands of people from the other side of Europe killed and ruined the people of the Smolensk and Moscow provinces and were killed by them.

Tourists who dream of visiting this wonderful region often wonder what operating airports in Abkhazia are and how to get from them to their destination? To prepare a trip, many vacationers study the route and draw up a travel plan before departure. — amazing world, these are excellent resorts, beaches, sun, beautiful nature, many historical attractions.

You cannot fly to Abkhazia on a direct flight. There are many reasons why this region is unable to receive aircraft. However, there are airports on the territory of the region, and in the near future they will again have a status that will allow them to receive civil aircraft with tourists on board.

One of the airports in Abkhazia is Babushara. It is owned by the state and is the closest airport that can only handle civil flights. It is currently undergoing certification and is not currently in use; it is intended only for transporting passengers. The airfield's take-off strip is designed only for aircraft of Russian peacekeepers, helicopters and UN aviation. This airport in Abkhazia is a strategic facility and is used only in rare cases.

The distance from the capital of Abkhazia is 18 km.

The runway for aircraft takeoffs and landings is 3.64 km long. It is capable of receiving civil aircraft, their weight should not exceed 125 tons. Due to its favorable location near the coast of the Colchis Lowland, the airport of Abkhazia is able to receive aircraft from different directions. So good location it is more convenient than Sochi airport.

The building itself was opened in 1960, and by 2020 it is operational. In the 1980s, it was decided to make the take-off strip much longer, so it began to be used for landing aircraft such as the Airbus. The plane that took off from the airport for the first time was an Il-86, it followed the Moscow-Sukhumi-Moscow course. As soon as the plane made a successful landing, the number of flights was increased to 3 per day.

The airport is located in Sukhumi. Formerly in Soviet times, it was a reserve airfield for cities such as Mineral water, Krasnodar, Sochi, Rostov, Yerevan, Sochi, Baku, in summer season it was capable of carrying 10,000 passengers.

The name Babushara comes from a nearby village. As soon as the airport receives international certification, it will be able to receive aircraft from various airlines that carry tourists.

The military airport in Abkhazia is called Bamboura, it is located in Gudauta, the distance to the capital of the state is only 40 km. In Transcaucasia it is considered one of the largest.

The length of the runway for aircraft take-offs and landings is 3 km, it can accommodate military and combat aircraft. The strip is located near the Black Sea coast and is located so that from the border of the sea to the shore area is approximately 70 m. Thus, aircraft can be hidden from radar, and after they have taken off, they have the opportunity to fly at a low altitude above the sea.

Even with bad weather conditions Bamboura is capable of servicing maritime and civil aviation. In the USSR, it was a base for assault and military equipment of the Air Force, and received transport ships and fighters. In the first half of 2009, Russia began to deploy its own air force groups on it.

Both airports currently do not accept passengers, and to travel to Abkhazia, tourists use others that are currently in operation. One of them is Adler Airport, located in Sochi. Sochi Airport is modern and multifunctional; it can accommodate a large number of passengers wishing to travel to Abkhazia. It provides services to resorts: Adler, Abkhazia and others. It is located in the southeast of Sochi and is located at a distance of 30 km.

Babushara Airport

        • Babushara Airport (Sukhumi International Airport named after V.G. Ardzinba) is located in the Gulripsh region of Abkhazia.

Bamboura Airport

  • Bamboura Airport is a joint military airfield and is located in the Gudauta region of Abkhazia.

Sochi Airport

Tourists can easily use the airport to travel to the resort in Gagry (Abkhazia). The current airport of Abkhazia, located in Sochi, was opened in 1945, and it was named Adler. At that time it was not very large, and the plane was capable of accepting flights only during the daytime. They decided to improve the airport in 1981; its area was significantly increased. Airplanes began to operate international flights, which did not exist before the reconstruction. The very first flights of international aircraft were the following countries: Poland, Bratislava and a little later Prague. Afterwards, aircraft from the airfield began to fly to the Middle East and western part Europe.

In 2009, a new modern air terminal was built. The infrastructure fully allows passengers waiting for boarding to spend the time before their flight in comfortable conditions. The airport received its status in the 21st century, and it acquired a name - Sochi International Airport. It can accommodate different types of aircraft.

Adler Airport, Sochi, present time.

In Russia, the airport in Sochi ranks 8th among large airports in terms of passenger traffic. In 2014, the reconstruction of the terminals was completed, which was necessary for the Olympics in Sochi. For passengers departing from Sochi Airport, it provides services such as restaurants and cafes, duty-free shops, parking, there are also currency exchange offices, and a mother and child room. You can see the airport terminals from the inside in the following video:

Four last year I hear the same words in Sukhum: “We will open an airport this year.” "We'll definitely open it!" “Next year, Ora, you can come by plane if you want!”...

I searched on the Internet. Four is not four, but for 2010 I found a message:

In general, this year I decided to see with my own eyes what Sukhum Airport is like and what condition it is in now. Luckily it’s not far from the city. 20 minutes by car - maximum.

It's difficult to miss the turn to the airport. There, on the highway, there is a sign:


And nearby, what used to be a bus stop, apparently, is a large mosaic structure:

I don’t know what the red horse has to do with it - I only associate it with Petrov-Vodkin, but as they say: “What I see, I sing about it...”

Turn right before the sign. The concrete road ahead is as straight as an arrow's flight:


She is in perfect condition. And the whitewashed tree trunks along it only emphasize this.

In general, the quality of roads in Abkhazia needs to be written separately. From Psou and at least to Tkuarchal (I didn’t go any further) the road is very good. Smooth, in some places with luxurious, new asphalt. It seems that Russian companies are installing it. And in cities, including the capital Sukhum, there are no roads at all, according to Moscow standards of course. Continuous potholes, holes and, in places, rubble. At least to get from the “crooked house” along the street. You need to go around Yu. Kalmykova to Embankment or 4-school on the left, along the street. Dzhonua, or turn right and drive along the street. Chachba... Otherwise you risk, sooner or later, being left without a pendant.... However, I digress. This paragraph has nothing to do with the airport.)))

So... Gorgeous concrete pavement beautiful trees(larch and... ??? (Tell me!!!))



ends on the right with the Hotel building... Everything is not so rosy here:

At least there is no feeling that Abkhazia is waiting for vacationers and tourists arriving from day to day.

The terminal building itself has really been put in order from the outside:



This, if I'm not mistaken, is an old building, built in the sixties...
And the new terminals (built in 1982) are to the right. And apparently they haven’t gotten around to it yet:

The last uncensored shot with a view of the airfield is here:

Well, yes! Agree. Nothing is visible on it. I thought that by driving along the road to the left of the airport terminal building, I would be able to photograph both the takeoff and the famous trophy - Shevardnadze’s personal plane...

Did not work out. See - saw. But the vigilant guards at the checkpoint did not allow me to take photographs. State secret, they say.
Therefore, I will use the Internet and the icon again. Moreover, I didn’t have my own hang glider at hand. If interested, see:



And this is the same captured aircraft - the famous Yak-40. Opposite him are now standing in full combat readiness, small “whistles” - combat fighters of the Abkhaz Air Force. And several military helicopters. This is probably why I was forbidden to take photographs. Well, that's right!


In conclusion, lyrical and tactical-technical data of Sukhum Airport (Babushara. Babushery. Dranda):

The length of the Runway (and there are two of them, unlike, say, the Sochi airfield) is 3.5 km. An airfield and terminal building were built in the mid-1960s. At the end of the 1970s, the thickness of the airfield's concrete pavement was increased by 20 cm, which made it possible to accept Il-76 type aircraft.
- Class A airfield, capable of receiving Il-86, Il-76, Tu-154 and lighter aircraft, as well as helicopters of all types.
- Based at the airport national airline Abkhazia - Abkhazian Airlines, as well as UN aviation.
- The International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO does not recognize Sukhumi airport as international, since it recognizes the unity of Georgia; the skies over Abkhazia cannot be opened without permission from the Georgian authorities, as this violates international norms.
- August 11, 2008 during the war in South Ossetia, Russian military transport aircraft landed at the airport for the first time in 15 years, delivering paratroopers and military equipment.

On September 14, 2008, the first civilian plane in 15 years landed at the airport - the plane of Russian Foreign Minister S.V. Lavrov.

In the very first year of work, the first serious test came - a fire on board the aircraft and the need to land it with one engine. For the impeccable performance of her duties in an emergency, Nadezhda Kurchenko was awarded a personalized watch. Nadezhda had many plans - entering law school, marrying her school friend Vladimir Borisenko. In May 1970, Nadezhda went on vacation to visit her relatives. We agreed that the wedding would take place in November or new year holidays. And on October 15, the girl went on her last flight.

Immediately after the hijacking, terse TASS reports appeared in the USSR: “On October 15, a civil air fleet An-24 aircraft made a regular flight from the city of Batumi to Sukhumi. Two armed bandits, using weapons against the plane's crew, forced the plane to change its route and land in Turkey in the city of Trabzon. During the fight with the bandits, the flight attendant of the plane was killed, who tried to block the bandits’ path to the pilot’s cabin. Two pilots were injured. The plane's passengers are unharmed. The Soviet government appealed to the Turkish authorities with a request to extradite the criminal killers to bring them to Soviet court, as well as to return the plane and Soviet citizens who were on board the An-24 plane.

At an altitude of 800 meters, two passengers - father and son Brazinskas - called the flight attendant and passed a note to the pilots demanding to change the route and fly to Turkey. The girl rushed into the cabin and shouted: “Attack!” The criminals rushed after her, opening fire. “Don’t let anyone get up!” shouted the youngest of the hijackers. “Otherwise we’ll blow up the plane!” Soon the captured plane crossed the Soviet-Turkish border, and after another half hour it found itself over the airfield in Trabzon. Passengers and crew members were asked to remain in Turkey, but no one agreed to this. The next day, on a specially sent plane, all the people and the body of the deceased girl were taken to the USSR. A little later, the Turks returned the hijacked An-24. After returning from Turkey, the plane underwent repairs at the Kiev ARZ 410 and again flew in the Sukhumi air squad with a photograph of Nadya Kurchenko in the cabin. In 1979, the aircraft was transferred to Samarkand where it was operated until its service life was completely exhausted and in 1997 it was written off for scrap.

The name of Nadezhda spread throughout the world in one day. And for many years it became a symbol of Komsomol heroism. In many schools in the USSR, Komsomol and Pioneer detachments are named after hope. Nadezhda Kurchenko was buried in the center of Sukhumi in the uniform of a flight attendant and with a Komsomol badge. In Sukhumi, a park was named in her honor and a memorial was erected. 20 years later, her grave was moved to the city cemetery of the city of Glazov at the request of her mother.

After the death of the flight attendant, the safety rules for passengers during air travel were radically changed, rules for the inspection of passengers and baggage were introduced, and the laws against air terrorism were tightened not only in the USSR, but throughout the world. Metal detectors and pre-flight inspections appeared at airports, border flights began to be accompanied by armed guards in plain clothes, weapons began to be issued to the crew, and a special article 211 appeared in the Criminal Code - “Aircraft hijacking.” The USSR also learned a lesson from the West's reaction to the Brazinskas' terrorist attack. The country's leadership, and especially the KGB, which was in charge of this case, finally believed in the cavernous anti-communism and anti-Sovietism of the Western elites. In the fight against dissidents within the USSR, the KGB increasingly began to be guided by the idea that “dissenters” were just pawns in the hands of foreign intelligence services.

In 1982, Gennady Bocharov wrote a large detailed essay about Nadezhda in the publication Young Guard http://apsnyteka.org/1319-bocharov_g_nadezhda_kurchenko.html

Abkhazia is famous for its natural resources and low prices. For many years now it has had the status of a budget health resort, hospitably welcoming vacationers of middle and low incomes. Another important advantage is that you do not need a visa to enter the country.

Holidays here are much cheaper than on the Crimean Peninsula or in Sochi, and the conditions are in no way inferior to the famous resorts. Here you can enjoy picturesque landscapes mountains, lakes, rivers and sea. History buffs will find many interesting ancient monuments and will be able to admire the most beautiful architectural structures. The spiritual heritage of the republic is represented by numerous monasteries.

Almost everyone who wants to visit this beautiful region has a question: “What is the best transport to get there? Which airport in Abkhazia accepts tourists?”

Operating airports in Abkhazia

Unfortunately, today there is no way to get to Abkhazia by direct flight. For several reasons, the air routes of the republic cannot accept passenger flights tourist destination. However, there are still airports on the territory of Abkhazia that will soon have such functions.

Babushara

This is an airport in Abkhazia that accepts exclusively government flights. The airport is at the stage of international certification and is not yet intended to receive passenger flights. Russian peacekeepers, UN aviation and helicopters on domestic flights land on its runway. This is a strategically important airport in Abkhazia, but it is used in extreme cases. The distance from it to the capital is only 18 km. The 3.64 km long runway accommodates almost all types of civil aircraft whose weight does not exceed 125 tons. Its location on the coastal territory of the Colchis Lowland allows it to receive aircraft from several directions. This makes the airport in Abkhazia more profitable than the airport in Sochi.

Passengers are received in the old building, which was opened back in the 1960s. In the 80s, a new air terminal began to exist. In the mid-80s, it was decided to lengthen the runway, and now civil Airbus class aircraft can land on it. The first flight was made by the Il-86 airbus on the route Moscow - Sukhumi - Moscow. After a successful landing, the number of flights was increased to 3-4 per day.

During Soviet times, the airport in Sukhumi was used as a backup site by cities such as Baku, Sochi, Simferopol, Krasnodar, Rostov, Yerevan and Mineralnye Vody.

The terminal's capacity during peak summer time is about ten thousand passengers.

The largest airport in Abkhazia received its name from the village of Babushara of the same name, near which it is located. Perhaps, after receiving international certification, the airport will be able to accept tourist flights.

Bamboura

You can quickly get a taxi that will take you to the border area. After passing customs control and paperwork, already on the territory of Abkhazia you can use the services of private drivers or minibus taxis and get to the desired resort, for example Sukhumi, Gagra or Pitsunda.

The country's leadership is still working to improve the international transport interchange. Perhaps tourists will soon have the opportunity to travel to Abkhazia by air.