Kherson International Airport

Kherson International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт Херсон; IATA: KHE, ICAO: UKOH) is a civil and military airport serving the city of Kherson, Ukraine. It is located at Chornobaivka, in Kherson Oblast, on the north-west outskirts of Kherson. It was captured by Russian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on 2 March 2022.

Kherson International Airport

Міжнародний аеропорт Херсон
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorKherson airlines
ServesKherson, Mykolaiv
LocationChornobaivka, Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Elevation AMSL148 ft / 45 m
Coordinates46°40′05″N 32°30′08″E
Websitekhe.aero
Map
KHE
Location of airport in Ukraine
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8,202 2,500 Concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 83 553
Source: cfts.org.ua[1]

Airlines and destinations

As of 24 February 2022, all passenger flights at Kherson have been suspended indefinitely.[2]

The following airlines previously operated regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport.[3]

AirlinesDestinations
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen (resumes 1 November 2022)[4]
SkyUp Seasonal charter: Antalya,[5] Sharm El Sheikh[5]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Ukraine International Airlines Kyiv–Boryspil

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at KHE airport. See source Wikidata query.
Year Passengers Change on previous year
2014 7,900
2015 61,235675.1%
2016 62,557[6]2.2%
2017 105,900[7]69.3%
2018 150,100[8] 41.7%
2019 154,046[9] 2.6%

Kherson Air Base
See also: 2022 Chornobaivka attacks

The base, also known as the Chornobaivka airfield, is home to the 11th Separate Army Aviation Regiment of the Ukrainian Army Aviation.[10]

It was one of the Ukrainian air bases attacked early in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11] The Russian forces took over the airbase in the course of the battle of Kherson on 2 March 2022 and organized there a command post, which was targeted by the Ukrainian military several times since then.[12] On 16 March, Ukraine launched an airstrike against Russian forces at the airbase, destroying at least seven helicopters and a number of vehicles.[13] Ukrainian officials claimed that attacks killed two high-ranking Russian commanders, generals Andrey Mordvichev[14] and Yakov Rezantsev.[12] On 23 March, the Ukrainian media cited satellite imagery showing that most of the Russian military aircraft had been removed from the airfield, but the troops remained on the ground.[15]

See also

References
  1. "Аэропорты Украины в 2021 году: Основные тренды".
  2. "Ukraine airspace closed to civilian flights". www.bbc.com. 24 February 2022.
  3. khe.aero - Schedule retrieved 10 October 2020
  4. "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA".
  5. "freight monitor". online.joinup.ua.
  6. "Аэропорт Херсон отчитался о пассажиропотоке за 2016 год". cfts.org.ua. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  7. "Аэропорт Херсон на 70% увеличил пассажиропоток в 2017 году". cfts.org.ua. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  8. "Аэропорт Херсон нарастил на 42% пассажиропоток в 2018 году". cfts.org.ua. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  9. "В аэропорту Херсон обнародовали данные о работе в 2019 году". www.avianews.com. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  10. "Ukraine Army Aviation". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  11. Troianovski, Anton; MacFarquhar, Neil (2022-02-23). "Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Begins Invasion From Land and Sea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  12. "Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine". BBC News. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  13. Alan Cullison; Isabel Coles; Yaroslav Trofimov (16 March 2022). "Ukraine Mounts Counteroffensive to Drive Russians Back From Kyiv, Key Cities". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  14. "Ukraine war latest: Zelensky urges peace talks with Russia 'without delay'". BBC News. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  15. |url=https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/satellite-imagery-shows-russia-removing-military-aircraft-from-a-key-airport/ |access-date=26 March 2022 |work=The Kyiv Independent |date=23 March 2022}}
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