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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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 the airport served 779,201 passengers, which 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] Tyumen, [6] Ufa [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
  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. ↑ "Nordwind to launch Tyumen-Khujand and Tyumen-Dushanbe services from Nov-2025". centreforaviation.com. News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry. CAPA. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  7. ↑ 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.
  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.


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