Gomel Airport

Gomel Airport
IATA: GME – ICAO: UMGG GME Location of airport in Belarus
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Gomel
Location		Gomel raion
Elevation AMSL		472 ft / 144 m
Coordinates		52°31′37″N 31°01′00″E
Website		http://www.gomelavia.com/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
11/29	8,431	2,570	Asphalt

Gomel Airport (IATA: GME, ICAO: UMGG) is an airport located 3 km north-east from Gomel, the second-largest city in Belarus. It was opened in 1968.

Servicing Airlines

Gomel airport was a hub of a regional air company "Gomelavia", which ceased operations on February 22, 2011 due to bankruptcy. "Gomelavia" had been servicing flights to Minsk, Moscow, Grodno and Kaliningrad. From July 25, 2011 the flag carrier of Belarus, Belavia, will start servicing flights from Gomel to Kaliningrad once again.

Besides Belarusian air companies, Latvian flag carrier "airBaltic" was servicing flights between Gomel and Riga in 2006, but this destination is now defunct.

Gomel airport is now mainly used for charter flights to Italy, Belgium, Spain and some other Western European countries, those flights are most often organised by Western European organisations that take children from Gomel and its region to West Europe with an eye to tourism.

Destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Belavia	Milan [begins 27 March] Seasonal: Kaliningrad

Ground transport

Suburban bus route "Airport - Gomel" goes only once a day, buses go to the city's bus station and make a few stops in the city - near the St. Trinity temple, the university and at Uprising square.