Luhansk International Airport
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| Lugansk International Airport "Міжнародний аеропорт Луганськ" |
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The ruins of Luhansk International Airport in September 2014
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IATA: VSG – ICAO: UKCW
 VSG
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Government | ||||||||||||||
| Location |  Luhansk, Ukraine |
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| Elevation AMSL | 636 ft / 194 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||||||
| 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.
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Airlines and destinations
Since December of 2009 the airport was a base airport of the Ukrainian airline UTair-Ukraine.[2]
Accidents and incidents
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- 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 most severe 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
