Editing Transport in Azerbaijan (section)

==Airports==
[[Image: Международный аэропорт Гейдар Алиев.jpg |thumb|[[Heydar Aliyev International Airport]] in Baku]]
There are regular passenger flights between [[Azerbaijan]] and [[former Soviet countries]], UK, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, [[Israel]], [[Iran]], Pakistan, Turkey, [[UAE]], United States, China, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and cargo flights to [[UAE]], Turkey, [[Luxembourg]], Germany, China, [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Iraq]]. The national airline is [[Azerbaijan Airlines]] (AZAL). There are 5 international airports located in Baku, Ganja, Nakhchivan, Lankaran and Zaqatala. [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport]] in Baku reopened in 1999 after a US$64 million upgrade and extension financed by Turkish company Enka. The airport can now handle 1,600 passengers an hour. The new runways are also able to serve jumbo jets. The complete overhaul of the international airport in Nakhchivan was completed in May 2004. The US$32 million reconstruction project of [[Ganja Airport]] has been launched by the Government and was completed by mid-2006. In 2008, two more airports were opened in Azerbaijan. The [[Lankaran International Airport]] is located in the southern part of Azerbaijan, Zaqatala Airport is in the north-west of Azerbaijan territory.

Airports: 37 
<br>''Country comparison to the world:'' 107<ref name=":0" />

=== Airports – with paved runways ===
''Total:'' 30
<br>''Over 3,047 m:'' 5
<br>''2,438 to 3,047 m:'' 5
<br>''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' 13
<br>''914 to 1,523 m:'' 4
<br>''Under 914 m:'' 3<ref name=":0" />

=== Airports – with unpaved runways ===
''Total:'' 7
<br>''Under 914 m:'' 7<ref name=":0" />

{{See also|Azerbaijan Airlines|List of airlines of Azerbaijan|List of airports in Azerbaijan}}