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Kutaisi Airport (KUT)
Terminal, transport, live flights and everything you need at Kutaisi International Airport
About Kutaisi Airport
David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport (IATA: KUT, ICAO: UGKO) is located about 14 km west of Kutaisi, Georgia. The site began as the Kopitnari military airfield, built after World War II for domestic Soviet-era and military flights. It closed for a full reconstruction in November 2011 and reopened on 27 September 2012 with a new terminal designed by the Dutch architecture firm UNStudio — a single-span 'gateway' building whose umbrella-shaped internal structure keeps departing and arriving passengers from crossing paths. Today the airport has one terminal with a single concourse and seven gates, no domestic/international split, and no night curfew. It handles mostly international low-cost traffic: Wizz Air made Kutaisi a focus city in February 2016, alongside limited seasonal domestic service.
Kutaisi Airport at a glance
- Airport name
- David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport
- IATA code
- KUT
- ICAO code
- UGKO
- Location
- Kutaisi, Georgia
- Time zone
- Georgia Standard Time (GMT+4)
Getting to the city
| Option | Price | Journey time |
|---|---|---|
| Marshrutka (minibus) | GEL 2–3 | — |
| Bus | ~GEL 5 | 35–40 min |
| Taxi | GEL 25–30 | ~25 min |
Kutaisi Airport Board
All arrivals· 20 flights
| Time | IATA | From | Flight | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 05 | FMM | Memmingen |  W67912 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | SKG | Thessaloniki | W67904 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | BVA | Paris | W67916 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | HHN | Frankfurt | W67948 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | VKO | Moscow |  A47071 | azimuth | On Time | |
| 04:34 | Sep 05 | SAW | Istanbul |  PC320 | Pegasus | Delayed |
| Sep 05 | GUW | Atyrau |  FS7993 | FlyArystan | On Time | |
| Sep 05 | VNO | Vilnius | W61947 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | LCA | Larnaca | W67906 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | KTW | Katowice | W61199 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | NQZ | Astana | FS7905 | FlyArystan | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | POZ | Poznan | W67942 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | PRG | Prague | W67924 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | WAW | Warsaw | W61575 | Wizz Air | Landed | |
| Sep 05 | MSQ | Minsk |  B2715 | Belavia | On Time | |
| Sep 05 | VCE | Venice |  W46743 | Wizz Air Malta | On Time | |
| Sep 06 | MAD | Madrid | W67946 | Wizz Air | On Time | |
| Sep 06 | HAM | Hamburg | W67944 | Wizz Air | On Time | |
| Sep 06 | DTM | Dortmund | W67908 | Wizz Air | On Time | |
| Sep 06 | BCN | Barcelona | W67920 | Wizz Air | On Time |
Live status data from avionio.com, refreshed every minute.
Airlines
Kutaisi Airport (KUT) has a single terminal and concourse — there's no alliance-based split between buildings like at larger hub airports. Wizz Air made Kutaisi a focus city in February 2016 and operates the large majority of scheduled routes; a handful of other carriers add seasonal or point-specific service. Always check your airline's own site for the current schedule — low-cost route networks change frequently.
Main operator
Wizz Air (W6)
Athens, Barcelona, Beauvais (Paris), Berlin, Bratislava, Budapest, Charleroi (Brussels), Dortmund, Hahn (Frankfurt), Hamburg, Katowice, Larnaca, Lyon, Madrid, Memmingen (Munich), Milan–Malpensa, Poznań, Prague, Rome–Ciampino, Thessaloniki, Venice–Marco Polo, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Other scheduled & seasonal carriers
Pegasus Airlines (PC), Belavia (B2), Azimuth (A4), FlyArystan (FS), Red Wings Airlines (WZ), Smartwings (QS)
Services
- Car Rental Counters
- Enterprise, Avis and Europcar keep car-hire counters in the arrivals hall, all staffed around the clock.
- Currency Exchange & ATMs
- Currency exchange counters and ATMs in the arrivals hall, alongside mobile-operator SIM desks.
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the terminal without a time limit.
- Luggage Wrapping
- Paid luggage-wrapping service in the departures area (per bag). Some traveler reports describe left-luggage lockers as unreliable/out of service — confirm locally before counting on storage.
- Parking
- Short-term and long-term parking directly outside the terminal building.
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