Airports / Azerbaijan / UB18
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
8 nm
To the nearest alternate
Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Baku Kala Air Base (UB18) is a mid-sized airport serving Baku, Azerbaijan. The airport sits 40 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into UB18 for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD, 8 nm), Zabrat Airport (ZXT, 11 nm), and Nasosnaya Air Base (UB12, 31 nm).
Charter pricing from UB18 depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Baku.
Field capability
ICAO
UB18
IATA
—
FAA / Local
—
Elevation
40 ft
Coordinates
40.4084° N · 50.2003° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Azerbaijan fields
state range -92–5,577 ft
At 40 ft, UB18 sits lower than 50% of the 14 Azerbaijan fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 8nmGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportBaku
- 11nmZXTZabrat AirportZabrat
- 31nmUB12Nasosnaya Air BaseSumqayit
- 42nmAZ-0013Sitalchay AirbaseSitalchay
- 94nmUB14Kyurdamir Air BaseKyurdamir
- 106nmAZ-0021Qizilagach Air BaseQizilagach
Location
Open the full mapUB18 · Baku Kala Air Base · Baku, Azerbaijan