Back Aeropuertu de Stepanakert AST Xocalı Hava Limanı Azerbaijani Flughafen Stepanakert German Aeropuerto de Joyalí Spanish فرودگاه استپاناکرت Persian Aéroport de Stepanakert French Ստեփանակերտի օդանավակայան Armenian Aeroporto di Step'anakert Italian ხანქენდის აეროპორტი Georgian 스테파나케르트 공항 Korean
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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.
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