Dushanbe International Airport

Airport in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

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Dushanbe International Airport

Russian: Международный аэропорт «Душанбе»
Tajik: Фурудгоҳи Байналмилалии Душанбе

Furudgohi Bajnalmilalii Duşanbe

* IATA: DYU
* ICAO: UTDD

Summary
Airport type| Joint (Civil and Military)
Owner|  Tajikistan
Operator|  Government of Tajikistan
Serves| Dushanbe
Location| Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Hub for|

* Somon Air
* Tajik Air

Elevation AMSL| 2,575 ft / 785 m
Coordinates| 38°32′6″N 068°49′5″E﻿ / ﻿38.53500°N 68.81806°E﻿ / 38.53500; 68.81806
Website| airport.tj
Map

DYU

Location of airport in Tajikistan

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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|

ft  | m
09/27  | 10,210  | 3,112  | Asphalt-concrete
Statistics (2024)
| Passengers| 2,338,000 [1]

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Dushanbe International Airport (IATA: DYU, ICAO: UTDD) is an international airport in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. It is the main hub for Somon Air and is the home base for Tajik Air, which also has its headquarters on the property.[2]

## History

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In 1924, the first airport was built in the country, in the city currently known as Dushanbe. In November 1929, a new airport was built to serve Stalinabad (past name of Dushanbe). In 1964, the current airport complex was put into operation. Over the years, the airport has been reconstructed several times.

On 7 September 1992, during the first months of the Tajikistani Civil War, President Rahmon Nabiyev and an entourage of his were on their way to the airport when they were ambushed by opposition forces. At the terminal, Nabiyev was forced to resign, practically at gunpoint, after a meeting and discussions with the armed opposition in the VIP lounge, before being released. Tanks and troops were reportedly stationed at the terminal during the whole ordeal.[3]

A new French-built terminal, which can serve 1.5 million passengers a year, was opened on 3 September 2014.[4][5] France provided Tajikistan a long-term, low-interest €20 million loan. Tajikistan's own contribution was €19 million.[6]

## Airlines and destinations

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Airlines| Destinations

|

Air Astana |  Almaty
Avia Traffic Company |  Bishkek
Azerbaijan Airlines |  Baku[7]
China Southern Airlines |  Beijing–Daxing (begins 16 June 2025),[8] Ürümqi,[9] Xi'an[10]
FlyArystan |  Astana[11]
flydubai| Dubai–International[12]
Jazeera Airways|  Kuwait City[13]
Nordwind Airlines |  Kazan, Ufa
S7 Airlines |  Novosibirsk
Somon Air |  Almaty,[14] Astana,[15] Bishkek, Delhi,[16] Doha,[17] Dubai–International, Islamabad,[18] Istanbul, Kazan, Khujand, Krasnoyarsk–International,[19] Makhachkala,[20] Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Zhukovsky,[20] Munich,[21] Novosibirsk,[22] Saint Petersburg, Samara,[20] Sochi,[23] Tashkent,[14] Tbilisi,[24] Tehran–Imam Khomeini,[25] Ürümqi, Yekaterinburg
Seasonal charter: Sharm El Sheikh,[26] Yerevan
Tajik Air |  Khorog,[27] Kulob,[27] Panjakent,[27] Rasht[28]
Turkish Airlines |  Istanbul[29]
Ural Airlines |  Irkutsk,[30] Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Moscow–Domodedovo, Moscow–Zhukovsky, Saint Petersburg, Sochi,[31] Ufa, Yekaterinburg
Seasonal: Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Samara
Utair |  Moscow–Vnukovo
Uzbekistan Airways |  Tashkent[32]
Varesh Airlines |  Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini

## Accidents and incidents

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On 10 April 2025, a Boeing 737-500 passenger aircraft operated by Varesh Airlines veered off the runway while landing at the airport from Tehran due to adverse weather conditions. No injuries were reported.[33]

## See also

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* Transport in Tajikistan
* List of the busiest airports in the former USSR

## References

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1. ^ [1]
2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines." Flight International. 30 March-5 April 2004. 78. "Titov Street 31/2, Dushanbe International Airport, Dushanbe, 734006, Tajikistan."
3. ^ Erlanger, Steven (8 September 1992). "After Week of Turmoil, Tajik President is Forced Out". The New York Times.
4. ^ Ozodivideo (3 September 2014). "Ифтитоҳи терминали нави фурудгоҳ дар Душанбе". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2018 - via YouTube.
5. ^ "New terminal opens at Dushanbe International Airport". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
6. ^ "France to Finance Dushanbe Airport Extension". The Gazette of Central Asia. Satrapia. 12 October 2012.
7. ^ Liu, Jim (26 July 2024). "Azerbaijan Airlines Resumes Baku – Dushanbe Service From Sep 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
8. ^ Liu, Jim (19 May 2025). "China Southern Adds Beijing – Dushanbe From late-June 2025". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
9. ^ "China Southern / Xiamen Airlines NW22 International Operations - 30OCT22". AeroRoutes. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
10. ^ "南航2024冬航季启幕，乌鲁木齐出发，温暖每一程！". Retrieved 21 November 2024.
11. ^ "Flights from Astana to Dushanbe (Tajikistan)". flyarystan.com. FlyArystan. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
12. ^ "flydubai to Start Tajikstan Service from late-April 2013". Routesonline / Routes. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
13. ^ "JAZEERA AIRWAYS NETWORK EXPANSION FROM LATE-DEC 2022". Aeroroutes. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
14. ^ a b "Somon Air 1Q24 International Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
15. ^ "Somon Air to launch Dushanbe-Astana service from Apr-2024". CAPA News Briefs. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
16. ^ Liu, Jim (24 December 2019). "Somon Air adds Delhi service from Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
17. ^ Liu, Jim (20 November 2024). "Somon Air Adds Doha Service in Nov/Dec 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
18. ^ Liu, Jim (1 July 2024). "Somon Air Schedules Islamabad July 2024 Launch". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
19. ^ Liu, Jim (30 April 2025). "Somon Air Adds Dushanbe – Krasnoyarsk in NS25". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
20. ^ a b c "Сомон Эйр увеличила количество рейсов в Жуковский - AVIA RU Network". www.aviaru.net. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
21. ^ "News Archive". Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
22. ^ "Somon air launches new air routes to Russia". Media group "ASIA-Plus". Asia-Plus. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
23. ^ "Somon Air". www.somonair.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
24. ^ "The first direct flight Dushanbe-Tbilisi presented in the Tajik capital on April 27 | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". asiaplustj.info. Asia-Plus Media Group. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
25. ^ Liu, Jim (14 March 2025). "Somon Air Expands Dushanbe – Tehran Service in March 2025". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
26. ^ "Orange2fly to operate additional couple of flights to Sharm El-Sheikh". dailynewssegypt.com. 31 December 2018.
27. ^ a b c "Tajik Air plans to launch flights to Vanj, Rasht, and Lakhsh districts | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". asiaplustj.info. Asia-Plus Media Group. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
28. ^ [2]
29. ^ "Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)". 9 April 2019.
30. ^ Liu, Jim (15 October 2024). "Ural Airlines Resumes 4 Irkutsk Regional Routes in NW24". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
31. ^ "Аэропорт Сочи расширяет международную программу". НИА-Кубань. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
32. ^ "Uzbekistan Airways plans Dushanbe April 2017 launch". Routesonline. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
33. ^ "Dushanbe airport suspended operations for several hours on April 10 due to Varesh Airlines incident". Asia-Plus. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

## External links

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* www.airport.tj (in English, Russian, and Tajik)

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