Tbilisi International Airport

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Tbilisi International Airport
თბილისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი
IATA: TBS - ICAO: UGTB
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Tbilisi
Elevation AMSL 1,624 ft (495 m)
Coordinates 41°40′09″N, 44°57′17″E
Website www.tbilisiairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13R/31L 9,843 3,000 Concrete
13L/31R 8,202 2,500 Asphalt

Tbilisi International Airport (Georgian: თბილისის საერთაშორისო აეროპორტი) (IATA: TBS, ICAO: UGTB)[1] is the main international airport in Georgia located near the capital Tbilisi.

In February 2007, the reconstruction project was finished. The project consisted of construction of a new international terminal, car park, improvements to the apron, taxiway and runway and acquisition of ground handling equipment at Tbilisi International Airport. A rail link to the city centre has been constructed and a station is ready opposite the terminal building. George W. Bush Avenue leads from the airport to downtown Tbilisi.[2]

The airport is a product of a contemporary and functional design, boasting high technology. It is designed to provide the optimum flow of both passengers and luggage from the parking lot to the planes with a 25,000 square meter total usable area. It has the ability and flexibility to easily facilitate future expansions without interrupting terminal operations. It has been fitted with high-tech contemporary systems, keeping passenger convenience and efficiency of the terminal operations in mind, throughout functional spaces organized in an elegant manner. The Food and Beverage operations at the Tbilisi International Airport are carried out by BTA at 7 points with a staff of 75, while ATU provides Duty Free services at its four stores.[3]

The implementing agency and the borrower for the project is TAV Urban Georgia, a concessionaire and SPV for the construction and operation of Tbilisi International Airport.

The total project cost was USD90.5 million. The capacity of the new terminal building is 2.8 million passengers per year[3].

In 2007, the number of passengers increased by 8.5 % and the number of aircraft movements by 18.7%[4].


Departure Hall

First Floor

2 Floor

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  1. ^ Former ICAO code for TBS was UGGG, which has not always been updated on some websites, like World Aero Data or A-Z World Airports, as of December 2007.
  2. ^ Bush Heads to Europe for G - 8 Summit
  3. ^ a b Tbilisi Airport Terminal Information
  4. ^ Tbilisi Airport passenger and aircraft movement increases for 2007

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