Heydar Aliyev International GYD
Heydar Aliyev International is the airport behind flights to Baku, and it carries the code GYD. It is the city's only airport, so every arrival in the Azerbaijani capital comes through here. It sits outside the centre, which makes the transfer part of the trip. Among the routes travellers book from Baku are Chisinau, Budapest, Warsaw, Istanbul, Tbilisi, Vienna, Antalya and Batumi. Check your terminal and baggage rules before you fly.
Heydar Aliyev International at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 1.0 M (2020)
- Hub for
- Azerbaijan Airlines, PARANAIR
- Elevation
- 10 m
- Opened
- 1933
- Official website
- airport.az
- Population of Baku
- 2.3 M (2021)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Plan the ride into Baku before you land rather than at the kerb. Official taxi ranks and pre-booked transfers are the straightforward options, and anyone who approaches you inside the terminal is not. Allow a buffer for the run into the city if you land during the working day, and leave extra room when you are heading back for a departure. Keep your accommodation address to hand, and settle the fare before the car moves.