Stepanakert Airport
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Stepanakert Airport (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտի Օդակայան) or Khojaly Airport (Azerbaijani: Xocalı Hava Limanı) is an airport in the town of Khojaly, 10 kilometers north-east of Stepanakert, Azerbaijan. The airport, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, had been under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh from 1992 to 2023. Flights ceased with the escalation of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1990.
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Stepanakert Airport / Khojaly Airport Ստեփանակերտի օդակայան / Xocalı Hava Limanı | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military and civilian | ||||||||||
Location | Khankendi, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,001 ft / 610 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°54′05″N 46°47′13″E | ||||||||||
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In 2009, the Armenian authorities began the reconstruction of the facilities.[2] Though it was scheduled to launch the first commercial flights on May 9, 2011, NKR officials postponed the new reopening date throughout 2011.[3] In May 2012, the director of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Civil Aviation Administration, Tigran Gabrielyan, announced that the airport would begin operations in mid-2012.[4] However, as the International Civil Aviation Organization effectively recognizes Azerbaijan’s authority over the airport, which has an Azerbaijan-assigned code, UBBS, Azerbaijan could veto any plans to start civilian flights.[5]
Azerbaijan took control of the airport following the announcement of the dissolution of Artsakh Republic in September 2023.