Heydar Aliyev International Airport

Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Heydar Aliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. Heydar Aliyev International Airport is the busiest airport both in Azerbaijan and in the South Caucasus as well as one of the busiest in the post-Soviet countries. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport, after a suburb of the Azerbaijan capital Baku.

On 10 March 2004, the airport was renamed after Heydar Aliyev, the long-standing Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and later president of Azerbaijan. The airport is 20 kilometers northeast of Baku, connected to the city by a highway. It serves as the hub for national carrier Azerbaijan Airlines as well as for Azal Avia Cargo, Buta Airways and Silk Way West Airlines.

Terminals
The airport consists of two passenger terminals, Terminal 1 being the newer one, and two cargo terminals.

Terminal 1
Terminal 1 was commissioned in April 2014. Its total area is 65000 m2. The terminal is designed for 6 million passengers per year. It currently serves up to 3 million passengers annually. The total parking area is 20000 m2 for 600 vehicles. The airport has a wide range of shops, restaurants, cafés, and duty-free stores in both the departures and arrivals areas. Terminal 1 contains five lounges and a spa. Terminal 1 operates jet bridges capable of receiving 12 aircraft simultaneously. Two jet bridges are intended for accommodating the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380.

Terminal 1’s four-level engineering concept was developed in 2010 by Arup Group with a tricorn shape and semi-transparent roof. The interior, designed by Turkish company AUTOBAN, has a series of oak-veneer “cocoons”. There is Vanderlande baggage handling system in Terminal 1, as well as L-3 equipment for thorough baggage inspection and scanners designed to obtain a layered image of the internal structure of the object. 30 Schindler escalators and 21 elevators are installed in Terminal 1. Terminal 1 is equipped with a Building Management System (BMS) which is designed to automate processes and operations that are implemented in modern buildings and is the technical basis of the so-called intelligent buildings. Also, Terminal 1 is equipped with a separate system of resource support, such as electricity, lighting, ventilation, heating, air conditioning, water supply, and sewerage.

Terminal 2
Architect Viktor Denisov is the author of the project of Terminal 2, which currently serves both domestic flights (South entrance) and international flights of low-cost airlines (North entrance). The project was awarded the first prize in a competition in 1981 and was implemented in 1989.

Cargo
The cargo terminal was opened on March 23, 2005. The terminal building houses companies such as Silk Way Airlines, Imair Air Company, Euroasian Air Services, Lufthansa Cargo and Panalpina. The terminal claims to be able to serve nine Boeing 747, Antonov An-124 fifteen Ilyushin Il-76 or two Boeing 777 - type aircraft simultaneously.

Runways
The airport has two near-parallel runways; Runway 16/34 is 3995 by 60 m, while runway 17/35 is 3200 by 50 m.

Hotels
FlyInn (formerly the Sheraton) Baku Airport Hotel with 205 rooms is located on the territory of Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

Services for passengers with reduced mobility
The airport provides personal assistance to passengers with disabilities, special parking spaces, information desks and check-in counters, 24/7 medical centre service, if necessary, and ambulifts for pickup on board aircraft. Airport staff will escort registered passengers to the lounge and then to the boarding gate.

Bus and taxi
BakuBus H1 buses run 24 hours a day from 28 May Metro Station to Baku Airport. The traffic interval is 30 minutes in the afternoon and hourly at night. The airport is reached from Baku (and back) by private taxi in about 20 minutes.

Transport and parking
The airport can be reached by car from the capital either on the airport highway via Heydar Aliyev Avenue, or on Zikh highway via Nobel Avenue. Parking is available in lots at each terminal, with a total capacity of 1,600 vehicles.

Rail
Baku International Airport will be eventually linked by Azerbaijan Railways to the Baku Suburban Railway.

Westward of Baku Metro stations are able for fast Transfer to Baku Suburban Railway at   28 May and   Jafar Jabbarli Metro Stations.

Also Eastward Stations on Koroglu and future  Bakikhanov as well as   M-11 stations.

Road
Boyuk Shor Highway, is a highway in Baku, Azerbaijan. It begins at the Koroglu Metro station at the intersection of Heydar Aliyev Avenue with the Darnagul Highway. It continues east towards to the Airport and as well as to the Mardakan. The alternative road is Zikh, Baku Airport Highway.