Dushanbe International Airport DYU / UTDD

Tajikistan's main international gateway and the hub for Tajik Air and Somon Air. 2025 traffic was 2,160,248 passengers (a figure independently corroborated by Wikipedia and by a Khovar.tj Civil Aviation Agency report dated 28 Jan 2026 citing 'more than 2.1 million' for Dushanbe alone and roughly 2.9 million across Tajikistan's international airports nationally, matching this record's cited -7.6% YoY / -11.8% national-decline figures closely enough to treat them as consistent, though the exact percentages themselves were not independently re-derived), part of a wider decline blamed on route-network changes and softer labour-migrant demand. The 2014 terminal was designed for only about 1.2-1.5M pax/year, so it has been running near or above capacity even with 2025's dip; on 28 Jan 2026 the airport's chairman reportedly announced a second terminal (about 3M pax/year) on the site of the old pre-2014 terminal, which would raise total capacity to roughly 5M pax/year once built. A separate report dated 23 Jul 2025 describes groundbreaking on a new Dushanbe passenger terminal, which may mean construction had already begun before the Jan 2026 announcement, or may refer to a distinct, smaller project (e.g. the taxiway/apron works also reported in Aug 2025) — no confirmed opening date for the second terminal either way, so plan around the existing single terminal for the foreseeable future. Single runway (09/27), 3,100 m asphalt, sits in mountainous terrain around the Dushanbe valley; no ILS or other instrument approach aid is documented in any source checked, and no second runway or new landing-aid project was found, so expect visual or non-precision approach minima and weather-related diversions/delays, particularly in winter. Independent access to Tajikistan's own AIP was not available, so runway dimensions, tower hours, fuel handler and bonded-storage status above are cross-referenced from third-party aeronautical databases rather than a national primary source — treat those operational specifics as provisional pending direct AIP confirmation.