David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport
David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport
Kutaisi International Airport (IATA: KUT, ICAO: UGKO), also known as David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport, is an airport located 14 km (8.7 mi) west of Kutaisi, the third largest city in the country of Georgia and capital of the western region of Imereti. It is the second busiest airport in Georgia with 1.7 million passengers passing through it in 2024, a 3% increase compared with the previous year. The airport is operated by United Airports of Georgia, a state-owned company.
Location
42.177°N, 42.485°E · 68 m s. n. m. (223 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Tower
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.
History
The airport was closed for renovation in November 2011. Its reopening ceremony was held on 27 September 2012. The ceremony was attended by President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán and Wizz Air CEO József Váradi.
To prepare for the commissioning of the airport and training of staff, the French company Vinci Airports was contracted. There is one duty-free shop and two coffee shops operating at the airport. The airport is currently connected to scheduled buses operated by Georgian Bus and Omnibus Express, with services to Kutaisi, Tbilisi and Batumi after each arrival. The airport terminal is located next to the main road between Kutaisi and Batumi, so it is also possible to transfer to those cities by marshrutka.
The priority of Kutaisi airport is to attract low-cost airlines. A significant growth in the number of passengers was noted soon after the reopening of the airport in 2012, mainly due to Wizz Air's operations linking Kutaisi with European airports. The airport reported 187,939 passengers in 2013. In February 2016, Wizz Air announced a new base at Kutaisi Airport and was planning to add a second base in 2018.
A plan to build a railway station 2 kilometres from the airport to connect the airport to Tbilisi, Batumi and any other cities of Georgia served by Georgian Railways was announced in 2018. In April 2022, the modernization of the Kopitnari station was finished. Currently, Tbilisi-Batumi trains stop at the Kopitnari station as well.
Airlines operating here · 7
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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BibTeX
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title = {{David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (KUT)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KUT}},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}Wikipedia
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