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Stepanakert Airport / Khojaly Airport Ստեփանակերտի օդակայան / Xocalı Hava Limanı | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military and civilian | ||||||||||
| Location | Khankendi, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,001 ft / 610 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°54′05″N 46°47′13″E / 39.90139°N 46.78694°E | ||||||||||
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  Khankendi Location of the Airport  Khankendi Khankendi (Karabakh Economic Region) | |||||||||||
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Stepanakert Airport (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտի Օդակայան) or Khojaly Airport (Azerbaijani: Xocalı Hava Limanı) is an airport in the town of Khojaly, 10 kilometers north-east of Stepanakert, Azerbaijan. The airport, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, had been under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh from 1992 to 2023. Flights ceased with the escalation of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1990.
In 2009, the Armenian authorities began the reconstruction of the facilities.[2] Though it was scheduled to launch the first commercial flights on May 9, 2011, NKR officials postponed the new reopening date throughout 2011.[3] In May 2012, the director of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Civil Aviation Administration, Tigran Gabrielyan, announced that the airport would begin operations in mid-2012.[4] However, as the International Civil Aviation Organization effectively recognizes Azerbaijan’s authority over the airport, which has an Azerbaijan-assigned code, UBBS, Azerbaijan could veto any plans to start civilian flights.[5]
Azerbaijan took control of the airport following the announcement of the dissolution of Artsakh Republic in September 2023.
- ^ Airport information for UB13[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ "Karabakh To Reopen Stepanakert Airport". Asbarez. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "Nagorno-Karabakh Flights On Hold Despite Airport Reconstruction". RFE/RL. May 16, 2011. Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
- ^ (in Armenian) "«Հայկական ժամանակ».Ստեփանակերտի օդանավակայանը վերջապես շահագործման կհանձնվի Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine" (Haykakan Zhamanak: Stepanakert Airport will Finally Become Operational). Yelaket Lratvakan. May 30, 2012.
- ^ "Karabakh's airport still waiting for takeoff". Eurasianet. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2023.