AviatDataQabala International Airport GBB / UBBQ
Qabala, Qabala District · Azerbaijan · Government of Azerbaijan — state owner; unlike Ganja and Nakhchivan, primary sources list the operator simply as Government rather than naming AZAL, which appears only as the main scheduled carrier
56kpax · 2014
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAUBBQ / GBB
OperatorGovernment of Azerbaijan — state owner; unlike Ganja and Nakhchivan, primary sources list the operator simply as Government rather than naming AZAL, which appears only as the main scheduled carrier
Coordinates40.8267°N, 47.7125°E
Elevation1,129 ft · 344 m
Time zoneAZT (UTC+4, no DST)
Passengers / yr55,651 (2014)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceUBBQ — Azerbaijan AIP (State Civil Aviation Administration / AZANS eAIP), AD 2-UBBQ
Operating hoursPublished H24-capable in the Azerbaijan AIP, but this reflects the aerodrome designation rather than actual traffic: Qabala operates as a seasonal gateway tied to the Tufandag ski resort, with movements concentrated in winter. As of early September 2026 (off-season, no snow), the airport was effectively dormant, with only a handful of scheduled movements across the prior month rather than daily service; PPR advisable outside published flight schedules.
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal; about 6 check-in desks and a roughly 200 pax/hour design throughput; VIP lounge, duty-free, passport control and customs desks
Runways (1)
- 16/34 · 3,600 m / 11,811 ft · 60 m wide · Asphalt/Concrete · ILS ILS CAT II (RWY 16 only; 30 m ceiling / 350 m visibility minima)
Airport contact
Qabala functions primarily as the air gateway to the Tufandag ski and mountain-tourism resort rather than a year-round trunk airport, and scheduled traffic tracks the winter season; outside the ski season the airport is effectively dormant, with only a handful of movements across an entire month rather than a daily service. As of September 2026 the sole active scheduled route connects Qabala to Baku, operated thinly and seasonally. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi opened the airport's first international scheduled service on 19 June 2025, flying Abu Dhabi-Gabala three times weekly (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays); whether that route remains active going into the 2026-27 ski season is unconfirmed and should be re-verified directly with Wizz Air Abu Dhabi or AZAL. Separately, Wikipedia's List of Azerbaijan Airlines destinations page tags the AZAL Baku-Qabala route as terminated, while the airport's own reference page and current schedule data still show it active, if sparse; this conflict is unresolved and should be re-verified with AZAL. No 2024 or 2025 full-year passenger total has been published; the 55,651 figure is the last confirmed full-year count, from 2014, now 12 years stale and predating the resort's main tourism growth.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Silk Way Ground Handling (SWGH)
Named point of contact (Aslan Abdullayev, tel ••• ext. 7371/3945, mobile •••, •••) listed for ramp/passenger ground handling at Qabala/Gabala International Airport on SWGH's official contacts page; SWGH is the ground-handling branch of Silk Way Airlines Ltd, operating across Azerbaijan's network of regional airports including Baku, Ganja, Nakhchivan, Lankaran and Gabala.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) / AZALOIL
Self-handled, Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL); AZAL operates the thin, seasonal scheduled Baku-Gabala domestic route and is a plausible self-handler for its own flights at this small tourism-feeder field, but no primary-source station agreement was located. Qabala International Airport's operator of record is the Government of Azerbaijan, not AZAL — AZAL's own corporate profile documents no ownership or operational role over Gabala (or Ganja and Zabrat), so self-handling here rests only on AZAL being the near-sole scheduled operator, not on any documented corporate/station relationship; no independent third-party passenger handler is documented either — marked unconfirmed pending a primary-source citation.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) / AZALOIL
AZALOIL (AZAL's Fuel and Lubricants Administration, est. 1997) delivers Jet A-1 to aircraft at Qabala Airport; confirmed via AZAL's own recruitment posting for a hazmat/fuel-truck driver under the "AZAL OIL" department explicitly covering Qabala, Zabrat and Ganja airports (fuel delivery to aircraft, Class-3 flammable cargo transport).
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
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Component shops & overhaul
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Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
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Cargo handling
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Aviation security
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Passenger & crew transport
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Flight support
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Hotel & travel
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