Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport, formerly called Chinggis Khaan International Airport from 2005 to 2020 , is a semi-operational international airport serving Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, situated southwest of the capital. Largely replaced by a new airport, it currently functions as a backup airport for the former, with a view to being used for flight training as well as for special, charter, and government flights. making the airport compliant with ICAO standards. The US$50 million construction project was carried out by the successful bidder: a German / English joint venture of Philipp Holzmann and Wimpey Asphalt.

The airport was renamed after Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) to Chinggis Khaan International Airport to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the establishment of a Mongolian State on 21 December 2005. The airport achieved steady growth during the 2000s, with passenger numbers first reaching 1 million in 2012, and reaching a peak of 1.6 million in 2019, before collapsing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Replacement airport

The airport was replaced by the opening of the new Ulaanbaatar International Airport in 2021. Buyant-Ukhaa is somewhat restricted, the single runway is used in one direction for arriving aircraft and in the opposite direction for departures. The new airport significantly expands capacity, and is located at the Khoshigt Valley, south of Ulaanbaatar city center. With the new airport named Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Buyant-Ukhaa reverted to its former name on July 1, 2020.

Former airlines and destinations

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Statistics

Traffic figures

thumb|Two [[MIAT Mongolian Airlines Boeing 737-800s at Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport]]

thumb|Aerial view of Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport

thumb|Interior of domestic terminal

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right; width:500px;" align="center"

|+ Annual traffic

|-

! style="width:100px"| !! style="width:800px"| Passengers !! style="width:800px"| Change !! style="width:800px"| Movements !! style="width:800px"| Cargo<br>(tons)!! style="width:800px"| Change

|-

!2007

|599,555 || +9.6% || 9,297 || 3,299|| +11.2%

|-

!2008

|596,765 || -0.5% || 9,552 || 3,500|| +2.7%

|-

!2009

|532,861 || -10.7%|| 8,330 || 2,970|| -12.8%

|-

!2010

|665,055 || +24.8% || 11,678 || 3,922|| +40.2%

|-

!2011

|885,885 || +33.2% || 14,940 || 5,452|| +27.9%

|-

!2012

|1,098,865|| +24.0% || 17,465 || 5,709|| +16.9%

|-

!2013

|1,106,704|| +0.7% || 16,468 || 5,825|| -5.7%

|-

!2014

|1,019,102|| -7.9% || 13,178 || 4,955|| -20.0%

|-

!2015

|955,867|| -6.2% || 10,985 || 4,710|| -4.9%

|-

!2016

|1,023,045|| +7.0% || 11,682 || 4,852|| +3.0%

|-

!2017

|1,251,775||+22.3% || 13,594 || 5,022 || +15.0%

|-

!2018

|1,422,498||+13.6% || 14,899 || 5,339 || +6.3%

|-

!2019

|1,621,571||+14.0% || 18,109 || 5,406 || +1.3%

|-

!2020

|447,478

|-72.4%

|7,284

|2,501

|-53.7%

|-

| colspan=6 align="right"|Sources: Civil Aviation Administration of Mongolia The Air Accident Investigation Bureau Mongolia has its head office on the airport property. There is also one cargo hangar.

See also

  • List of airports in Mongolia
  • List of airlines of Mongolia

Notes

References

  • Official website
  • Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia
  • Aeronautical Information Publication