Khujand Airport

Khujand International Airport (IATA: LBD, ICAO: UTDL) is an airport serving Khujand, the second-largest city in Tajikistan. Khujand was formerly known as Leninabad (during the Soviet era); hence the IATA code LBD. It is located out of the city, in the nearby town of Chkalovsk.

Khujand International Airport

Russian: Международный аэропорт «Худжанд»
Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Байналмилалии Хуҷанд

Furudgohi Bajnalmilalii Xuçand
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesKhujand
LocationChkalovsk, Tajikistan
Hub forSomon Air
Elevation AMSL442 m / 1,450 ft
Coordinates40°12′55″N 069°41′41″E
Map
LBD is located in Tajikistan
LBD
LBD
Location of airport in Tajikistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
08/26 1,650 5,413 Grass
Source: AIP Tajikistan[1]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 442 m above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,200 x 50 m.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
China Southern Airlines Ürümqi
Nordwind Airlines Kazan,[2] Orenburg,[3] Ufa[4]
S7 Airlines Novosibirsk
SCAT Airlines Şymkent, Taraz
Somon Air Ürümqi, Dubai-International,[5] Dushanbe, Istanbul,[6] Jeddah,[5] Kazan, Moscow–Domodedovo, Nizhnevartovsk,[7] Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Surgut,[7] Yekaterinburg[8]
Ural Airlines Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Zhukovsky,[9] Saint Petersburg, Samara, Yekaterinburg
Seasonal: Ufa
Yamal Airlines Tyumen

See also
  • Transport in Tajikistan
  • List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

References
  1. AIP Tajikistan Archived 31 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Liu, Jim (16 April 2019). "Nordwind schedules new Central Asia service in 2Q19". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. "Стартовала продажа билетов на рейсы из аэропорта Оренбурга в Худжанд". oren.aero. Orenburg Airport JSC. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  4. Субботина, Дарья (29 February 2024). "Для жителей Башкирии возобновят прямые регулярные рейсы из Уфы в Худжанд". www.bashinform.ru (in Russian). Bashinform. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  5. "Somon Air 1Q24 Khudzhand – Middle East Network Additions". AeroRoutes. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. "Somon Air 1Q24 International Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  7. Liu, Jim (15 July 2019). "Somon Air expands Khudzhand network in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  8. Summer 2014 Timetable, "Timetable". Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  9. Liu, Jim (4 October 2016). "Ural Airlines schedules Zhukovsky launch in W16". Routesonline. Retrieved 4 October 2016.



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