Khujand Airport

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Khujand International Airport

Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Байналмилалии Хуҷанд

Furudgohi Bajnalmilalii Xuçand
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Khujand
Location Chkalovsk, Tajikistan
Hub for Somon Air
Elevation  AMSL 442 m / 1,450 ft
Coordinates 40°12′55″N069°41′41″E / 40.21528°N 69.69472°E / 40.21528; 69.69472
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
LBD
Location of airport in Tajikistan
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
08/263,20010,499 Asphalt
08/261,6505,413Grass
Source: AIP Tajikistan [1]
Old Terminal Khujand (LBD - UTDL) AN2218848.jpg
Old Terminal

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.

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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

AirlinesDestinations
Chengdu Airlines Kashgar [4]
Nordwind Airlines Kazan, [5] Ufa [6]
Pobeda Moscow–Vnukovo [7]
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk
Somon Air Dushanbe, Moscow–Domodedovo, Surgut, Ürümqi [8]
Ural Airlines Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Zhukovsky, [9] Saint Petersburg, Samara, Yekaterinburg<
Utair Moscow–Vnukovo, [10] Surgut, Tyumen
Yamal Airlines Tyumen

See also

References

  1. AIP Tajikistan [ usurped ]
  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. "Chengdu Airlines Schedules Kashi – Khudzhand July 2025 Launch". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  5. Liu, Jim (16 April 2019). "Nordwind schedules new Central Asia service in 2Q19". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. 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.
  7. "Лоукостер «Победа» (Группа «Аэрофлот») открыл продажу билетов на прямые регулярные рейсы по маршруту Москва (Внуково) – Худжанд (Таджикистан)". FlyPobeda.ru. Pobeda Airlines LLC, Aeroflot Group. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  8. "Somon Air Adds Khudzhand – Urumqi From May 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  9. Liu, Jim (4 October 2016). "Ural Airlines schedules Zhukovsky launch in W16". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  10. "Utair to launch Moscow-Khujand service from Jul-2025". centreforaviation.com. News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.