Applicant Cities Comparison
| Category | Details | Sochi Russia |
Salzburg Austria |
Jaca Spain |
Almaty Kazakhstan |
Pyeongchang South Korea |
Sofia Bulgaria |
Borjomi Georgia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | City (2005) | 333,267 | 149,997 | 12,322 | 1,185,696 | 45,482 | 1,090,295 | 13,725 |
| Country (2005) | 143,420,309 | 8,184,691 | 40,341,462 | 15,185,844 | 48,294,134 | 7,450,349 | 4,677,401 | |
| Public opinion, support | City | 84% | 60% | 91% | 83% | 97% | 81% | |
| Country | 53% | 72% | 85% | 92% | 74% | 86% | ||
| Bid budget (million US$) | Phase I | 10.0 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Phase II | 17.5 | 5.1 | 10.7 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 12.5 | 5.0 | |
| Main airport, 2005/2014 |
Name | Sochi International | Salzburg Airport | Zaragoza Airport | Almaty International | Incheon International | Sofia International | Tbilisi International |
| Distance (km) | 6 | 5 | 156 | 22 | 241 | 10 | 203 | |
| Runways | 2/2 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 1 | 2/2 | |
| Terminals | 1/2 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | ||||
| Gates | 8/27 | 18 | 3 | 44/74 | 7 | 2/6 | ||
| Cap./year | 215,213 | 1,650,000/3,000,000 | 2,000,000/4,000,000 | |||||
| Cap./day | 40,000 | 24,000/48,000 | ||||||
| Cap./hour | 1,200/2,500 | 12,000/17,253 | /2,000 | |||||
| Longest distance* | km | 86 | 83 | 180 | 61 | 124 | 156 | 199 |
| min | 94 | 65 | 150 | 93 | 76 | 135 | 196 |
*Airports not included
Note: the cities are listed in the presentation order defined by the IOC during its Executive Board of October 26, 2005.
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