Luhansk International Airport
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 has been officially closed.[1] It was mostly destroyed during the War in Donbas.
Luhansk International Airport "Міжнародний аеропорт Луганськ" | |||||||||||||||
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 The ruins of Luhansk International Airport in September 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | airport.lg.ua | ||||||||||||||
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  VSG Location of Luhansk Airport in Ukraine | |||||||||||||||
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History
The airport was built in 1964.[2]
Airlines and destinations
From December 2009 to its closure in 2014, Luhansk International Airport was a base airport of the Ukrainian airline UTair-Ukraine.[3]
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 most severe loss suffered by the Ukrainian military since the start of the pro-Russian conflict in February 2014.
See also
References
- Three airports in the East Ukraine closed until better times Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Ukrinform. 19 June 2014
- [airport.lg.ua/ "Аэропорт Луганск (VSG) - история, рейсы, интересные факты"]. znaki.fm (in Russian).
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - UTair-Ukraine started flights. Avianews. 12 December 2009
External links
Media related to Lugansk Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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