Airport · Georgia
Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport
A medium airport with scheduled flights, serving Sukhumi.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Abkhazia at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- Codes
- SUI · UGSS
- Serves
- Sukhumi
- 20 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Europe/Moscow
- Elevation
- 16 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,661 m
- From DXB
- 2,350 km
- 3 hrs 30 mins · Estimate
Facts
SUI at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA SUIICAO UGSS
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Sukhumi
- To the city centre
- 20 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 16 m (53 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 3,661 m
- Time zone
- Europe/Moscow
- When to go
- Sukhumi, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
SUI from the UAE
From DXBSUI
2,350 km
3 hrs 30 mins · Estimate
From AUHSUI
2,390 km
3 hrs 35 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of Georgia, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Europe/Moscow
- Country
- Georgia
- Currency
- Georgian Lari GELToday's indicative rate: GEL 1 ≈ USD 0.385Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type C and F220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 111fire112general emergency113ambulance122policeAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +995 · On the right
From the journal
Related reading
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Abkhazia at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)