Babushara Airport
Description:
Sukhumi Airport is the airport of Sukhum. Built in the mid-1960s. The length of the runway of the Babushara airport is 3 thousand 640 meters. The airport can accept any aircraft weighing up to 125 tons, which meets international standards. Located near the villages of Dranda and Babushara Gulripsh district. From the south, east and north it is surrounded by the Colchis lowland, and from the west by the Black Sea, thanks to which it is possible to land on 2 sides.
The mountains are at a great distance from the strip, the airport can take boards from both sides. There is a border post and customs at Sukhumi airport.
After the Patriotic War of the people of Abkhazia in 1992-93, the state company "Abkhaz Airlines" was established on the basis of the Sukhumi Airport by the Decree of the Government of Abkhazia. The general director of the state company was appointed EshbaV.A.
April 1999. The airport building was repaired. Despite the difficulties associated with the blockade of Abkhazia, the repair was completed and the airport was ready to receive and send aircraft.
On September 14, 2008, the first civilian aircraft landed at Sukhumi Airport, carrying a delegation of the Russian Foreign Ministry led by Minister Sergey Lavrov. Then followed by aircraft delegations of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the delegation of the Russian Defense Ministry, the Moscow City Hall.
At present, Sukhumi airport, despite the blockade, continues to function, but only serves Abkhazian flights and flights of the UN mission in Georgia.
For the full functioning of the airport in Abkhazia, its reconstruction is necessary.
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