What to do if your flight is canceled

If the flight is canceled more than 24 hours before departure, then passengers are transferred to similar flights of the airline. The costs are borne by the carrier, the service is free for the passenger. If none of the options offered by the airline suits you, most airlines can issue a “forced return”. After confirmation by the airline, the money will be returned to your account. This can sometimes take several weeks.

How to check in at the airport

Online check-in is available on the websites of most airlines. Most often it opens 23 hours before the start of the flight. You can pass it no later than 1 hour before the departure of the plane.

To check in at the airport you will need:

• the identity card specified in the order,
• birth certificate when flying with children,
• printed itinerary receipt (optional).

• What you can take with you on the plane

  Carry-on baggage is items that you take with you on board the aircraft. Weight norm hand luggage can vary from 5 to 10 kg, and its size most often should not exceed the sum of three dimensions (length, width and height) from 115 to 203 cm (depending on the airline). Ladies' bag is not carry-on baggage and can be carried freely.

  The bag that you take with you on the plane should not contain knives, scissors, medicines, aerosols, or cosmetics. Alcohol from shops duty free can only be carried in sealed bags.

  How to pay for baggage at the airport

  If the baggage weight exceeds the norms established by the airline (most often - 20-23 kg), you need to pay for each kilogram of excess weight. In addition, many Russian and foreign airlines, as well as low-cost airlines, have tariffs that do not include free transportation baggage and must be paid for separately as an additional service.

  In this case, baggage must be checked in at the airport at a separate Drop-off check-in counter. If you are unable to print your boarding pass, you can get it at the airline's regular check-in counter, and check in and drop off your baggage there.

  Where to find out the time of arrival if you are a greeter

  You can find out the time of arrival of the aircraft on the airport's online scoreboard. The Tutu.ru website has an online scoreboard of the main Russian and foreign airports.

  You can find out the number of the exit (gate) on the arrival board at the airport. This number is located next to the inbound flight information.

The Government of the Republic of Abkhazia represented by the RUE " international Airport Sukhum them. V. G. Ardzinba "

The official operator of the airport is the Republican Unitary Enterprise "Sukhum International Airport named after V. G. Ardzinba "(OGRN 107RA001238; date of state registration 03.17.2011; legal address: Republic of Abkhazia, Gulrypshsky district, Babushara village, Airport).

Description

In the mid-1960s, an airfield and an air terminal building were built. In the late 1970s, the thickness of the concrete cover of the airfield was increased by 20 cm, which made it possible to receive aircraft of the Il-76 type. In the 1980s, a new one was opened next to the first air terminal, which is currently not in operation. In the mid-1980s, the runway was lengthened, which made it possible to receive Il-86 aircraft (in particular, they operated flights Moscow - Sukhumi - Moscow).

Until the early 1990s, airplane flights to many cities of the USSR were operated from the airport, and Sukhumi was connected by helicopter lines with several settlements Abkhazia. The passenger turnover was up to 5 thousand passengers per day in summer, up to 1 thousand in winter.

Republic of Abkhazia

In 1993, the airport was closed, and there are no regular flights.

Currently it is actively used for flights of the first persons of Russia and Abkhazia.

Incidents

• On April 22, 1956, during takeoff for unknown reasons, the Il-14P of the 65th MUTA squadron (Aeroflot) fell into the sea, 6 people were killed.
  • On July 8, 1977, during takeoff, the An-24RV of the Kirovograd flight school fell into the sea, killing 6 people.
    • On August 14, 1982, two planes of the Sukhumi Joint Squadron (Aeroflot) collided on the runway, when the Tu-134A crashed into the L-410M that had left on the runway during takeoff, 11 people were killed (all on board the L-410M).
      • During Third battle for Sukhumi in September 1993, as a result of attacks by Abkhaz troops, five Georgian airliners were destroyed: three Tu-134A and two Tu-154B, a total of 136 people were killed.

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        An excerpt characterizing Babushar (airport)

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        A feeling of pity, never experienced before, filled Pierre's soul.
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        And even more a feeling of pity, tenderness and love seized Pierre. He heard tears flowing under his glasses and hoped they would not be noticed.
        “We’ll say no more, my friend,” said Pierre.
        It was so strange for Natasha that his meek, gentle, soulful voice suddenly seemed.
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        For the first time after many days Natasha cried with tears of gratitude and affection and, looking at Pierre, left the room.
        Pierre, too, almost ran after her into the hall, holding back tears of emotion and happiness that were pressing on his throat, without falling into his sleeves, put on a fur coat and sat down in the sleigh.
        - Now where will you order? Asked the coachman.
        "Where to? Pierre asked himself. Where can you go now? Is it to the club or guests? " All people seemed so pitiful, so poor in comparison with the feelings of tenderness and love that he felt; in comparison with the softened, grateful look that she last looked at him because of her tears.
        - Home, - said Pierre, in spite of ten degrees of frost, plowing open a bear fur coat on his broad, happily breathing chest.
        It was frosty and clear. Over the dirty, half-dark streets, over the black roofs, there was a dark, starry sky. Pierre, just looking at the sky, did not feel the insulting baseness of everything earthly in comparison with the height at which his soul was. At the entrance to Arbat Square, a huge space of the starry dark sky opened up to Pierre's eyes. Almost in the middle of this sky above Prechistensky Boulevard, surrounded, strewn with stars on all sides, but differing from everyone by its proximity to the earth, white light, and a long, upturned tail, stood a huge bright comet of 1812, the same comet that foreshadowed, as they said, all sorts of horrors and the end of the world. But in Pierre, this bright star with a long, radiant tail did not arouse any terrible feeling. Opposite, Pierre gazed joyfully, eyes wet with tears, at this bright star, which, as if, with inexpressible speed flying immeasurable spaces along a parabolic line, suddenly, like an arrow piercing the ground, slammed into one place she had chosen, in the black sky, and stopped, her tail lifted vigorously, glowing and playing with her white light between countless other twinkling stars. It seemed to Pierre that this star fully corresponded to what was in his soul, which blossomed into a new life, softened and emboldened.

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Hello everybody. I continue to publish my reports from Abkhazia. Before us is an abandoned airport in the village of Babushara near Sukhum.

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The inscription is scary, but we are not afraid, just like the cow is not afraid. Everything is mangled inside.


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The history of the Sukhumi airport dates back to the mid-1960s, when the terminal building was built. In the late 1970s, the thickness of the concrete pavement was increased, which made it possible to receive the heavier Il-76 aircraft. In the 1980s, a new air terminal was built, and the runway was lengthened, which made it possible to receive the Il-86 aircraft.

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Before the war, the airport was an important transport hub, there were flights to many cities of the USSR, and helicopters flew to different settlements of Abkhazia.
The passenger turnover was up to 5 thousand passengers per day in summer, up to 1 thousand in winter.
Sukhumi airport is able to receive any passenger aircraft weighing up to 125 tons of airbus class. The 1st class airfield has one artificial runway with a length of 3.64 km. (one of the longest in the CIS) with reinforced concrete pavement and the possibility of landing from 2 sides, which compares favorably with the airport in Sochi.


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Unfortunately, I did not find old photos. But there is this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HwRyUT2Yts The video shows everything perfectly how everything was there. Check out photos and videos and compare.
The old building did not immediately become so spent. It was even renovated in 1998-2000. They began to use it for its intended purpose, for some time a restaurant operated in it. In 1999, for the glazing of the walls of the second building of the Rostov-on-Don terminal, which was going to use Babusharsky airport as a spare, he supplied a batch of glasses, but in July 2000 a tornado passed over the airfield, which knocked out several such glasses. Georgia closed air space Abkhazia, aircraft a bypass route was created at a distance of 43-47 km from the Abkhaz coast. The airport is excluded from the current international aeronautical information collections.
On August 11, 2008, during the war in South Ossetia, for the first time in 15 years, Russian military transport aircraft landed at the airport, more than three dozen Il-76, which delivered paratroopers and military equipment... On September 14, 2008, the first airliner in 15 years, the plane of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, landed at the airport.


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The new airport building is currently renovated and looks new and attractive. The renovation was completed in 2011, and flights were supposed to start in 2013 but, unfortunately, the airport is closed. The fact is that an international organization civil aviation ICAO does not recognize Sukhum airport as an international airport, since it recognizes the territorial integrity of Georgia; the sky over Abkhazia cannot be opened without the permission of the Georgian authorities, since, according to ICAO, this violates international norms. ICAO canceled the Sukhum airport code and removed information about it from its documents starting from the 12th edition of August 2006. Since then, no entry has been made on the provision of the code (renewal of its validity). The airport is closed for international traffic. Member airlines of the international air union IATA do not operate flights to Abkhazia. To avoid IATA sanctions Russian airlines also do not fly to Sukhum.
All this is rather sad. Now the building is completely new, but there are no crowds of passengers buying tickets and getting off the plane ... And only the Air Force of Abkhazia is based at the airport (more precisely, what is left of it), as well as small kekepuzniki flying to Pskhu and private excursion aircraft.


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Once upon a time, backpacks drove along this conveyor and passengers took them ...


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Fly Aeroflot aircraft.


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Once upon a time people used to walk here. There is even a certain feeling of de ja vu. I don’t know, but for some reason I can clearly see the pictures of people walking here, eating ice cream, reading newspapers and standing in line for tickets.


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Boarding gate.


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And here the luggage was kept.


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What's at the airport itself?


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Graveyard of technology


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Helicopter of the Air Force of Abkhazia. Will no longer take off, no propeller.


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These seem to still fly.


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Light attack aircraft L-39.


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And here is the famous Yak-40 - the plane of President Eduard Shevardnadze, which flew during the war in Sukhumi in 1993. I could not fly away on it, tk. planes shot down and left him at the airport.


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Four last years I hear the same words in Sukhum: "This year we will open the airport." "We will definitely open it!" "Next year, Ora, you will arrive by plane if you want!" ...

I searched the internet. Four is not four, but for 2010 I found a message:

In general, I decided this year to see with my own eyes what the Sukhum airport is and what state it is in now. Fortunately, it is not far from the city. 20 minutes by car is the maximum.

It is difficult to miss the turn to the airport. There, on the highway, the sign is:

And next to the former, apparently, bus stop large mosaic structure:

I don’t know what the red horse has to do with it - I associate it only with Petrov-Vodkin, but as they say: "What I see I sing about ..."

We turn right before the pointer. Ahead straight, like the flight of an arrow, concrete:


She's in perfect condition. And the whitewashed tree trunks along it only emphasize this.

In general, it is necessary to write separately about the quality of roads in Abkhazia. From Psou and at least to Tkuarchal (I didn't go further) the road is very good. Smooth, in places with chic, new asphalt. It seems that Russian companies are laying it down. And in cities, including the capital Sukhum, there are no roads at all, according to Moscow's concepts. Continuous potholes, pits and, in some places, rubble. At least to drive from the "crooked house" along the street. Kalmykova to the Embankment, you need to go around or 4-school on the left, on the street. Dzhonua, or turn right and drive along the street. Chachba ... Otherwise, you run the risk, sooner or later, to be left without a suspension .... However, I digress. This paragraph has nothing to do with the airport.)))

So ... Gorgeous concrete lined with beautiful trees (larch and ... ??? (Prompt !!!))

ends on the right with the building of the Hotel ... Everything is not so rosy anymore:

At least the feeling that Abkhazia is waiting for vacationers and tourists arriving from day to day does not arise.

The very same building of the terminal is really put in order from the outside:

This is, if I'm not mistaken, an old building built in the sixties ...
And the new terminals (built in 1982) are to the right. And hands, apparently, have not yet reached them:

The last uncensored shot with a view of the airfield is:

Well yes! I agree. You can't see anything on it. I thought that after driving along the road to the left of the terminal building, I would be able to photograph the takeoff, and the famous trophy - Shevardnadze's personal plane ...

Did not work out. See - saw. And vigilant guards at the checkpoint were not allowed to take pictures. State secrets, they say.
So I'll use the internet and the icon again. Moreover, I didn't have my own hang-glider at hand. If interested - see:

And this is the same captured aircraft - the famous Yak-40. Opposite him are now in full combat readiness, small "whistles" - combat fighters of the Air Force of Abkhazia. And several military helicopters. Probably because of this, I was forbidden to take pictures. Well, right!

In conclusion, the lyrical, tactical and technical data of the Sukhum airport (Babushara. Babushera. Dranda):

Takeoff Length Landing strip(and there are two of them, unlike, say, the Sochi airfield) - 3.5 km. In the mid-1960s, an airfield and an air terminal building were built. In the late 1970s, the thickness of the concrete cover of the airfield was increased by 20 cm, which made it possible to receive aircraft of the Il-76 type.
- A class A airfield, capable of receiving Il-86, Il-76, Tu-154 and lighter aircraft, as well as helicopters of all types.
- The national airline of Abkhazia is based at the airport - Abkhaz Airlines, as well as UN aviation.
- The International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO does not recognize the Sukhumi airport as an international airport, since it recognizes the unity of Georgia; the skies over Abkhazia cannot be opened without the permission of the Georgian authorities, since this violates international norms.
- On August 11, 2008, during the war in South Ossetia, for the first time in 15 years, Russian military transport aircraft landed at the airport, delivering paratroopers and military equipment.

On September 14, 2008, the first civilian plane in 15 years - the plane of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia S.V. Lavrov - landed at the airport.

Abkhazia is famous for its natural resources and low prices. For many years now, it has the status of a budget health resort, hospitably receiving vacationers of average and low income. Another important advantage is that you do not need a visa to enter the country.

Rest here is much cheaper than on the Crimean peninsula or in Sochi, and the conditions are in no way inferior famous resorts... Here you can enjoy the picturesque landscapes of mountains, lakes, rivers and the sea. History lovers will find many interesting ancient monuments and can admire the most beautiful architectural structures. The spiritual heritage of the republic is represented by numerous monasteries.

Almost everyone who wants to visit this beautiful land has a question: "What transport is the best way to get there? Which airport in Abkhazia accepts tourists?"

Operating airports of Abkhazia

Unfortunately, today there is no way to get to Abkhazia by direct flight. For several reasons, the air routes of the republic cannot accept passenger flights tourist destination... However, there are airports on the territory of Abkhazia that will soon have such functions.

Babushara

This is the airport of Abkhazia, which receives civil flights of an exclusively state nature. The airport is at the stage of international certification and is not yet intended to receive passenger flights. On his runway planes of Russian peacekeepers, UN aviation and helicopters landing domestic flights... It is a strategically important airport in Abkhazia, but it is used in extreme cases. The distance from it to the capital is only 18 km. The runway with a length of 3.64 km can accommodate almost all types of civil aircraft, the weight of which does not exceed 125 tons. The location on the coastal territory of the Colchis Lowland allows aircraft to be received from several directions. This makes the airport of Abkhazia more profitable than the airport in Sochi.

Passengers are welcomed in an old building that was opened back in the 1960s. In the 80s, a new air terminal began its existence. In the mid-80s, it was decided to lengthen the runway, and now they can land on it civil aircraft airbus class. The first flight was made by an Il-86 airbus on the route Moscow - Sukhumi - Moscow. After a successful landing, the number of flights was increased to 3-4 per day.

In Soviet times, the airport in Sukhumi was used as a backup site by cities such as Baku, Sochi, Simferopol, Krasnodar, Rostov, Yerevan and Mineralnye Vody.

The terminal's capacity during peak summer time is about ten thousand passengers.

The largest airport in Abkhazia got its name from the eponymous village of Babushara, near which it is located. Perhaps, after receiving international certification, the airport will be able to receive tourist flights.

Bambour

You can quickly get there by taxi, which will take you to the border area. After passing customs control and registration of documents already on the territory of Abkhazia, you can use the services of private drivers or route taxis and get to the necessary resort, for example, to Sukhumi, Gagra or Pitsunda.

The country's leadership is still working to improve the international transport interchange. Perhaps, in the near future, tourists will have the opportunity to get to Abkhazia by air.