UB13 Stepanakert Airport VFR

  • Name
    Stepanakert Airport
  • ICAO / GPS
    UB13 / UBBS
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    9:08 pm (AZT)
  • Municipality
    Stepanakert
  • Coordinates
    39° 54′ 5″ N 46° 47′ 13″ E
  • Elevation
    2’001 ft (610 m MSL)

About Stepanakert Airport

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. Though it was scheduled to launch the first commercial flights on May 9, 2011, NKR officials postponed the new reopening date throughout 2011. 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. 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.

Azerbaijan took control of the airport following the announcement of the dissolution of Artsakh Republic in September 2023.

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