AENG 525

Aerodrome Engineering and Management

Country of Origin: Mongolia

Name of Airport: Ulaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International Airport

Place: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Description:

Chinggis Khaan International Airport serves Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, and is the country's
main international gateway. The airport is owned by Mongolia's Government and managed by the Civil
Aviation Authority of Mongolia. The airport is the operational base for MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Aero
Mongolia, Eznis Airways and Hunnu Airlines.

Chinggis Khaan International Airport is the international airport serving Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,
situated 18 km (11 mi) southwest of the capital. It is the largest international air facility in the country.

The airport was first established as Buyant-Ukhaa airport on 19 February 1957. In 1958,
international flights began with flights to Irkutsk and Beijing using Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft. Regular flights
from the airport started in 1961. The terminal was upgraded to make it suitable for international traffic in
1986. Between 1994 and 1997 a further major upgrade of construction and air navigation was achieved
with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank, making the airport compliant with ICAO standards.
The US$50 million construction project was carried out by the successful bidder: a German / English joint
venture of Philipp Holzmann and Wimpey Asphalt.

The airport was named after Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) to celebrate the 800th anniversary
of the establishment of a Mongolian State on 21 December 2005.