Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
Dushanbe International Airport (ICAO: UTDD / IATA: DYU)
Location (City, Country)
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Airport Type & Size
Medium sized airport with one runway, 09/27, that is 3,112m long. Supported 2.3 million passengers in 2024. It is capable of supporting the 747-400, as it did in the past, but is not able to support the A380. It might be able to support the 747-8, as an Air China B748 landed there in 2024 as part of a state visit. It is also currently being expanded with additional parking for large planes, as of Oct. 2025, which may be able to better serve large aircraft like these.
Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
It is a hub for Somon Air and the home base of Tajik Air.It would represent a country not yet in WoA, to my knowledge, and is pretty strategically positioned in between Europe and Asia. It could coincide with some more airline diversity, and can be used as a layover location between Europe and Asia, should that ever become possible. It is also very well suited to a potential future addition of Eastern aircraft.
Major Airlines & Routes
Tajik Air - Various local and regional destinationsSomon Air - Local and regional destinations, Dubai, Doha, Dubai, Islamabad, Istanbul, Munich, Tbilisi, Tehran, Sharm El Sheikh
Air Astana - Almaty
Avia Traffic Company - Bishkek
Azerbaijan Airways - Baku
Centrum Air and Uzbekistan Airways - Tashkent
China Southern and Loong Air - Beijing Daxing, Urumqi, Xi’an
Turkish Airlines - Istanbul
Unique Features or Challenges
Relatively simple terminal and parking spaces, allowing it to be an introductory airport of some kind.Unique taxiway layout that can get in the way of runway operations, along with only one runway to use.
Short winters, but lots of rain during the spring and autumn.
Optional: Links, images, maps, or videos
Dushanbe International Airport - WikipediaTerminal front.
Terminal from the ramp.
Tajik Air 747SP at Dushanbe. This aircraft was formerly Pan Am, N540PA, then United, as N149UA. It was under this registration that it was operated by Tajik Air for a short time.
View of the terminal from the 747SP. The area with all the trees is now a new terminal, that was completed in 2014 and is pictured above (the multicolored one). Part of the older terminal can be seen on the right.
ATC tower at Dushanbe.
