AviatDataGanja International Airport GNJ / UBBG
Ganja · Azerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) CJSC — state-owned national carrier; operates the field on behalf of the Government of Azerbaijan, which owns it and also uses it jointly with the Azerbaijani Air Force
329kpax · 2014
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1
ICAO / IATAUBBG / GNJ
OperatorAzerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) CJSC — state-owned national carrier; operates the field on behalf of the Government of Azerbaijan, which owns it and also uses it jointly with the Azerbaijani Air Force
Coordinates40.7378°N, 46.3175°E
Elevation1,083 ft · 330 m
Time zoneAZT (UTC+4, no DST)
Passengers / yr329,156 (2014)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
Bonded—
AIP referenceUBBG — AIP Azerbaijan (AZANS), AD 2.UBBG
Operating hoursNo published H24 designation; operations are keyed to scheduled airline traffic (multiple daily domestic and international departures) rather than a fixed watch — tower/ops hours are not independently published, so off-schedule or PPR arrivals should be confirmed directly with AZAL/airport ops
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal (Terminal 1)
Runways (2)
- 12L/30R · 3,300 m / 10,827 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt/Concrete
- 12R/30L (closed) · 2,490 m / 8,169 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete (non-operational)
Airport contact
Azerbaijan's second-busiest airport and the principal air gateway for the western Ganja-Qazakh region, with AZAL, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus/AJet, Aeroflot, Ural Airlines and Utair all holding scheduled domestic and international routes as of 2024-2026; only the 3,300 m 12L/30R runway is usable, since the older parallel 12R/30L strip (closed since the Soviet era, unrenovated, lacking nav aids) is non-operational. IATA code changed from KVD (reflecting the city's former name Kirovabad) to GNJ in August 2021 when the city was renamed; ICAO code UBBG is unchanged. No verified full-year passenger total has been published since 2014 (329,156) despite the subsequent expansion in carriers and frequencies, so this figure should be treated as a stale floor rather than a current count.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) - Ganja Airport
Ganja International Airport (GNJ/UBBG) is owned by the Government of Azerbaijan and operated directly by Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) - confirmed by both the English and Azerbaijani-language Wikipedia entries - unlike Baku's Heydar Aliyev Airport, which has a separate operating company; this self-operated model implies AZAL staff handle AZAL's own scheduled flights and any other carriers using GNJ. No separately named third-party ground handler is documented at this airport, consistent with in-house AZAL self-handling; the extent of that handling is not independently certified in sources reviewed.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
ASG Business Aviation
Exclusive FBO/ground handler for business and charter flights at Baku (UBBB), Ganja (UBBG), Gabala (UBBQ), Nakhchivan (UBBN), Lankaran (UBBL) and Zaqatala (UBBY) airports since 2007; independently confirmed for UBBG specifically by the EVO Jet trip-support directory, which names ASG Business Aviation (ex-Silk Way Business Aviation) as the contracted ground handler at Ganja, corroborating the company's own site. · 24/7
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available · 2 providers
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) - Ganja Airport
An on-site aircraft fuel filling station (yanacaqdoldurma məntəqəsi) was built during the airport's 2005-2006, roughly $40M reconstruction, per the airport's Azerbaijani-language Wikipedia entry; the fuel supplier/operating company is not named in sources reviewed - unconfirmed.
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ASG Business Aviation
Jet A-1 fuelling arrangements and secured apron parking listed among its FBO handling services across its network including Ganja (company site, businessaviation.az/service/on-the-ground); wording indicates the company arranges into-plane fuelling rather than owning the fuel farm - the underlying physical supplier is not named.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Not listed
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Available
ASG Business Aviation
VIP/private catering arrangements for business and charter flights, listed among its on-the-ground FBO services at its Ganja-network airports.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft cleaning
Available
ASG Business Aviation
Aircraft exterior and interior cleaning listed among its on-the-ground FBO services (company site, businessaviation.az/service/on-the-ground).
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Available
ASG Business Aviation
GSE for almost any type of aircraft, plus ground power, towing and hangar services, listed among its FBO handling capabilities across its regional airport network including Ganja.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) - Ganja Airport
A dedicated roughly 2,000 sqm cargo terminal was built during the airport's 2005-2006 reconstruction, listed in the same infrastructure package as the new 100,000 sqm apron, a 20 km perimeter security fence and checkpoint/inspection posts, per the airport's Azerbaijani-language Wikipedia entry; the cargo terminal is operated as part of the AZAL-run airport, though customs facilities are not separately itemized for the cargo terminal specifically in sources reviewed (corrected from the draft, which had wrongly paired the checkpoint-post detail with the cargo terminal alone).
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Aviation security
Available · 2 providers
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) - Ganja Airport
The airport's Azerbaijani-language Wikipedia entry documents a 20 km perimeter security fence and checkpoint/inspection posts (nəzarət-buraxılış məntəqələri) built during the 2005-2006 reconstruction as part of AZAL's direct airport operation. Separately, AZAL's in-house Aviation Security Service (formed 1996 from the merged Baku/Nakhchivan/Ganja/Yevlakh/Zabrat airport security units) is documented as a structural division of AZAL responsible for security screening at AZAL-operated airports; GNJ-specific screening operations are not separately itemized in sources reviewed - unconfirmed.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
ASG Business Aviation
Aircraft security/guarding and fire-truck standby services confirmed for this company at UBBG by the EVO Jet trip-support directory's Ganja fee/services listing, alongside general security services listed among its on-the-ground FBO offerings on the company site.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available
ASG Business Aviation
Airside crew/passenger meet-and-assist, crew accommodation arrangement, and passenger limousine/car-rental transport listed among its FBO services.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Available
ASG Business Aviation
Exclusive FBO/trip-support provider at Ganja since 2007 (renamed from Silk Way Business Aviation to ASG Business Aviation on 8 July 2020; EBAA member, exact join year not independently confirmed in sources reviewed - the draft's claimed 2008 date is dropped pending confirmation). The EVO Jet trip-support directory independently confirms landing-permit and overflight-permit arrangement, flight-plan filing, slot/PPR coordination, customs/immigration assistance and VIP lounge access for this company at UBBG specifically.
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Verified 13 days ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
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