BUSUGSB

Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport

Batumi, Georgia · Asia

Asia Asia/Tbilisi

34direct destinations

18airlines

1runway

2,500 mLongest runway

2007opened

Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (IATA: BUS, ICAO: UGSB) is an international airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. The airport is 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Hopa, Turkey, and serves as a domestic and international airport for Georgia. The airport is named after Alexander Kartveli, an aeronautical engineer and aviation pioneer. A sculpture dedicated to Fadiko Gogitidze, Adjara's first woman pilot, is at the entrance.

Location

41.609°N, 41.600°E · 32 m s. n. m. (105 ft)

General data

CountryGeorgia

CityBatumi

IATA codeBUS

ICAO codeUGSB

Coordinates41.609°N, 41.600°E

Elevation32 m s. n. m. (105 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Tbilisi

Runways1

Longest runway2,500 m

OperatorTAV Airports Holding

Opened2007

Direct destinations34

Official website

Runways · 1

12/30

Length2,500 m8,202 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

120.000

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 18

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

Red Wings Airlines

Other airlines with direct routes

FlyArystan Azimuth Georgian Airways AirBaltic Arkia Azerbaijan Airlines Belavia flydubai Flykhiva Flynas Israir Airlines Jazeera Airways Jordan Aviation Pegasus Airlines SCAT Airlines Sun d'Or International Airlines Turkish Airlines

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Ercan Karakas · GFDL · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (BUS). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUS

MLA

“Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (BUS).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUS. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (BUS).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUS.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (BUS). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUS (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_bus,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Alexander Kartveli Batumi International Airport (BUS)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUS},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/BUS}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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