History
The airport was first established as Buyant-Ukhaa airport (Mongolian: Буянт-Ухаа нисэх онгоцны төв буудал) on February 19, 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, and the terminal was upgraded to make it suitable for international traffic in 1986.
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