Fuzuli International Airport

Fuzuli International Airport (Azerbaijani: Füzuli beynəlxalq hava limanı) is one of the seven international airports in Fuzuli, Azerbaijan, currently under construction.

Fuzuli International Airport

Azerbaijani: Füzuli beynəlxalq hava limanı
President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, laying the foundation stone for the airport in January 2021
Summary
OwnerGovernment of Azerbaijan
OperatorGovernment
ServesFuzuli
LocationFuzuli, Azerbaijan
Coordinates39.594400°N 47.196600°E / 39.594400; 47.196600
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Fuzuli International Airport

History

During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, on 23 August 1993, Fuzuli was occupied by Armenian forces. All of the city's around 17,000 inhabitants were forcefully expelled and the city turned into a ghost town. The city was completely destroyed and mined after its capture by the Armenian forces.[1]

During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, on 17 October 2020, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, stated that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces had retaken control of the city. The next day the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence released video from Fuzuli, showing the Azerbaijani soldiers raising the Azerbaijani flag in the centre of the city.[2]

On 26 November 2020, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies reported that International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) accepted the appeal of the State Civil Aviation Administration to include six airports, including the airfield in Fuzuli, in the catalog of international location indices.[3] In January 2021, President Aliyev issued a decree on the construction of an international airport in Fuzuli. On 14 January, the groundbreaking ceremony for the future airport took place.[4] The runway is planned to be completed by the end of 2021.[5]

References
  1. "Azerbaijan's Fizuli a ghost town after Karabakh battles". France 24. 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. "The Azerbaijani flag was raised up in the center of liberated from the occupation Fizuli city". Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. "Аэродромы в Агдаме, Физули и Ханкенди включены в каталог международных индексов местоположений". Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. "Официальный сайт президента Азербайджанской Республики - НОВОСТИ » Мероприятия". President.az (in Russian). Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. "Президент: В Физули будет построен международный аэропорт". Report Information Agency (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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