Tbilisi International Airport

Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport

თბილისის შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerUnited Airports of Georgia LLC
OperatorTAV Airports Holding
ServesTbilisi
LocationTbilisi, Georgia
Hub for
Elevation AMSL1,624 ft / 495 m
Coordinates41°40′09″N 044°57′17″E / 41.66917°N 44.95472°E / 41.66917; 44.95472
Websitehttps://tbilisiairport.com/
Map
TBS/UGTB is located in Georgia
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Location within Georgia
TBS/UGTB is located in Asia
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TBS/UGTB (Asia)
TBS/UGTB is located in West and Central Asia
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TBS/UGTB (West and Central Asia)
TBS/UGTB is located in Europe
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TBS/UGTB (Europe)
TBS/UGTB is located in Eurasia
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TBS/UGTB (Eurasia)
TBS/UGTB is located in Afro-Eurasia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13R/31L 3,000 9,843 Concrete
13L/31R (closed) 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
m ft
H1 30 98 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Passengers3,694,052
Passenger change 22-23Increase23%
Source: Georgian AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]

Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport (Georgian: თბილისის შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი) (IATA: TBS, ICAO: UGTB), is the busiest international airport in Georgia, located 17 km (11 mi) southeast of capital Tbilisi. The airport handled 3.7 million passengers in 2019. The airport is operated by TAV Airports Holding, making it a part of Groupe ADP.

Over 45 airlines operate from the airport, with nonstop or direct flights to over 25 countries.[2][3]

Tbilisi Airport is a hub for Georgian Airways, flag carrier of Georgia, as well as for Georgian Wings, MyWay Airlines and Camex.

In 2015, Tbilisi City Assembly named the airport after famous medieval Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli.[4]

  1. ^ "EAD Basic". Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Airport Route Map". Tbilisi International Airport. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Airlines". Tbilisi International Airport. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ "თბილისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტს შოთა რუსთაველის სახელი მიენიჭა" [Tbilisi International Airport was named after Shota Rustaveli]. GHN (in Georgian). 30 June 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2024.