<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Bokhtar International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was built and opened in years of Soviet rule, and received the status of international airport after the end of the civil war in Tajikistan. The airport is able to take helicopters of all types, and aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Since the beginning of the 2000s and until recently, in different years, the airport has had regular flights with a number of Russian cities, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Saratov, Orenburg, and also once with the Kazakhstani city of Almaty. Today, it still has an irregular flight connection with only two airports in Tajikistan: the Dushanbe International Airport and the Khujand Airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The current decline of the airport is due to the Kulob Airport, located 85 kilometers to the east of Bokhtar, which is larger than the Bokhtar Airport, as well as disagreements between the aviation authorities of Tajikistan and Russia, which began in the spring of 2017. Both airports are located in the Khatlon province.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Bokhtar International Airport is located approximately 5,0 miles (8,1 km) northeast of Q┼&iexcl;rghonteppa and about 10,6 miles (17,1 km) north of Vakhsh. In the 2000s, the airport used to serve regular flights to few Russian cities, but in the last few years it only receives irregular flights from Khujand. Bokhtar International Airport serves a handful of cities in Tajikistan, Russia and Kazakhstan. The city is considered to be the heart of cotton ("white gold") cultivation in Tajikistan.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Bokhtar and Kulob are the main cities of south Tajikistan. Bokhtar is a regional hub (one of the top four), especially for banking and telecommunications industries. The city was officially renamed on January 22, 2018 to "Bokhtar". Tajik emigrant workers (mostly employed in Russia) have significantly contributed to the local economy since early 2000s.</p>
<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" title="History of Bokhtar International Airport" src="../../../main/img/airport/bok/b.webp" alt="History of Bokhtar International Airport"></p>