Sukhumi Babushara / Vladislav Ardzinba International Airport

Sukhumi Babushara / Vladislav Ardzinba International Airport (UGSS) is a medium airport in Sukhumi, Georgia. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code UGSS or IATA code SUI. It sits in Asia.

Sukhumi Babushara / Vladislav Ardzinba International Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

Sukhumi Babushara / Vladislav Ardzinba International Airport sits near sea level at 53 ft.

Local operations run on Asia/Tbilisi. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess inventory for UGSS updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.

Use this page to compare UGSS against nearby alternatives, browse live empty-leg pricing in both directions, and brief yourself on the runway and elevation profile before you book.

Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport, formerly known as Sukhumi Babushara and Sukhumi Dranda is the main airport of Abkhazia. It is located in the village of Babushara next to the larger village of Dranda and some 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Sukhumi, the capital of the unrecognised republic of Abkhazia.