<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Ganja International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Arayik Harutyunyan, president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, on 4 October 2020 stated that the Artsakh Defense Army had hit Ganja's military airport, however, Azerbaijan said no military sites were hit. Reporters of Russian TV channel Dozhd reported that the airport had not been hit and that the airport had been closed since March due to coronavirus. Missiles hit residential buildings in the city, killing 1 person and wounding 32. In response to the Armenian claim, the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, stated that "Azerbaijan doesn't have F-16s &ndash; there aren't any on our soil or in our airspace".</p>
<p class="blog-para">On September 29, the Ministry of Defence of Armenia stated that a Turkish Air Force F-16 Viper shot down an Armenian Su-25 flying inside Armenian airspace, killing the pilot&mdash;also stating that Turkish F-16 jets had taken off earlier from Ganja airport and were assisting Azerbaijani forces in missile strikes against border regions near Vardenis in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. He claimed in turn that the aforementioned Su-25 as well as another Armenian Su-25 had crashed in the air while flying towards Azerbaijan.</p>
<p class="blog-para">A week later on October 7, satellite imagery was published by the New York Times Visual Investigations Team confirming the presence of two F-16 Vipers at the airport. Following the publication of the satellite imagery, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev conceded the official position regarding the F-16s' presence and that they had arrived to the country during military exercises prior to the war, but claimed they were not participating in combat.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4">Facilities Ganja International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport resides at an elevation of 1,083 feet (330 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt/concrete surface measuring 3,300 by 44 metres (10,827 ft &times; 144 ft).</p>
<p class="blog-para">Ganja International Airport is an airport used by private jets in Ganja, Azerbaijan. It has a maximum runway length of 3,300 meters. There is only one runway in total at the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">It is an airport serving Ganja (also known as Gyandzha), the second-largest city in Azerbaijan. It is also used by the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force and was previously used by the Soviet Air Force.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Sometimes referred to as UBBG - its ICAO code - on private jet quotes, for example, it can also be called KVD - its IATA code name. Both these shorthands are used by aircrafts to refer to the airport.</p>
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