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Lugansk International Airport "Міжнародний аеропорт Луганськ" | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Civil Government | ||||||||||||||
Location | Luhansk, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 636 ft / 194 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°25′4.8″N 39°22′26.4″E / 48.418000°N 39.374000°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | airport.lg.ua | ||||||||||||||
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Luhansk International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Луганськ") was an airport in Luhansk, Ukraine (IATA: VSG, ICAO: UKCW). The airport was located 20 km (12 miles) south of the city center, 9 km to the city limit. Since 11 June 2014 the airport was officially closed.[1] It has been nearly completely destroyed during the War in Donbass.
Airlines and destinations
Since December of 2009 the airport was a base airport of the Ukrainian airline UTair-Ukraine.[2]
Accidents and incidents
- On 14 June 2014, a Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft was shot down on approach to Luhansk, killing all 49 people on board. This was the severest loss suffered by the Ukrainian military since the start of the pro-Russian conflict in February 2014.
See also
- List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
- List of airports in Ukraine
- Transportation in Ukraine
References
- ^ Three airports in the East Ukraine closed until better times. Ukrinform. 19 June 2014
- ^ UTair-Ukraine started flights. Avianews. 12 December 2009
External links
Media related to Lugansk Airport at Wikimedia Commons