Khorog Airport

Khorog Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesKhorog, Tajikistan
Elevation AMSL6,700 ft (2,000 m)
Coordinates37°30′08″N 071°30′48″E / 37.50222°N 71.51333°E / 37.50222; 71.51333
Map
Khorog is located in Tajikistan
Khorog
Khorog
Location of airport in Tajikistan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 1,840 6,036 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Khorog Airport (Russian: Аэропорт «Хорог»; Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Хоруғ), (ICAO: UTOD) is an airport serving Khorog[1] (also spelled Khorugh), a city in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan.

History

Tajik Air resumed flights on the Dushanbe – Khorog – Dushanbe route from September 30, 2024. The flights operate three times a week on an AN-28 aircraft. The flight time from Dushanbe to Khorog is 1 hour and 10 minutes.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport resides at an elevation of 6,700 feet (2,042 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,840 by 49 metres (6,037 ft × 161 ft).[1] Aga Khan Foundation has plans to build a new runway at the airport.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Tajik Air Dushanbe[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Airport information[link removed] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ↑ "Airport information for UTOD". DAFIF. October 2006 – via Great Circle Mapper.
  3. ↑ "«Таджик Эйр» начнет полеты по маршруту «Душанбе – Хорог – Душанбе» — НИАТ "Ховар"".
  4. ↑ http://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.2.5+Tajikistan+Khorog+Airport, 2014
  5. ↑ "Первый рейс Душанбе-Хорог состоялся сегодня - Азия-Плюс". 3 October 2024.
  6. ↑ «Таджик Эйр» начнет полеты по маршруту «Душанбе – Хорог – Душанбе»