Editing Transport in Armenia (section)

==Airports==
[[File:Zvartnots airport.jpg|thumb|right|Zvartnots International Airport]]
[[File:Yerevan Zvartnots International.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Zvartnots International Airport main concourse.]]
{{See also| List of airports in Armenia| List of the busiest airports in Armenia| List of airlines of Armenia}}

Air transportation in Armenia is the most convenient and comfortable means of getting into the country. There are large international airports that accept both external and domestic flights throughout the Republic. As of 2020, 11 airports operate in Armenia. However, only [[Yerevan|Yerevan's]] [[Zvartnots International Airport]] and [[Gyumri|Gyumri's]] [[Shirak Airport]] are in use for commercial aviation. There are three additional civil airports currently under reconstruction in Armenia, including [[Syunik Airport]], [[Stepanavan Airport]], and [[Goris Airport]]. The leading Armenian airlines in operation are [[Armenia Aircompany]] and [[Armenia Airways]].

There are plenty of air connections between Yerevan and other regional cities, including Athens, Barcelona, Beirut, Berlin, Bucharest, Brussels, Damascus, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul, Kyiv, Kuwait City, London, Milan, Minsk, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Riga, Rome, Tehran, Tel-Aviv, Tbilisi, Vienna, Venice, and Warsaw, as well as daily connections to most major cities within the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] region.<ref name="auto1"/> Statistics show that the number of tourists arriving in the country by air transportation increases yearly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orangesmile.com/travelguide/armenia/transport.htm|title=Convenient Ways to Travel through Armenia &#124; Transport, Airports and Railway Communication|website=www.orangesmile.com}}</ref> In 2018, passenger flow at the two main airports of Armenia reached a record high of 2,856,673 million people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/949728.html|title=Passenger flow in Armenia's airport's increases|website=Armenpress|access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref> In December 2019, yearly passenger flow exceeded 3,000,000 million people for the first time in Armenia's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1000488.html|title=Yerevan airport records 3,000,000 yearly passenger flow first time ever|website=Armenpress|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref>

In November 2019, the creation of a Free Route Airspace (FRA) between Armenia and Georgia was announced. The process has been carried out through the joint efforts of the [[General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia]], the [[Georgian Civil Aviation Administration]] and [[Eurocontrol]]. The Free Route Airspace between the two [[South Caucasus]] countries will increase flights to around 40,000 annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.armradio.am/2019/11/08/armenia-georgia-launch-free-route-airspace/|title=Armenia, Georgia launch joint Free Route Airspace|date=November 8, 2019|website=Public Radio of Armenia}}</ref>

Country comparison to the world: 153

===Airports - with paved runways===
Total: 10
:Over 3,047 m (9,900 feet): 2
:1,524 to 2,437 m (7,920 feet): 2
:914 to 1,523 m (4,950 feet): 4
:Under 914 m: 2 (as of 2008)

===Airports - with unpaved runways===
Total: 1
:1,524 to 2,437 m: 0
:914 to 1,523 m: 1
:under 914 m: 0 (as of 2008)