Luhansk International Airport
| Lugansk International Airport "Міжнародний аеропорт Луганськ" | |||||||||||||||
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The ruins of Luhansk International Airport in September 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| IATA: VSG – ICAO: UKCW | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Government | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 636 ft / 194 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°25′4.8″N 39°22′26.4″E / 48.418000°N 39.374000°ECoordinates: 48°25′4.8″N 39°22′26.4″E / 48.418000°N 39.374000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | airport.lg.ua | ||||||||||||||
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  VSG Location of Luhansk Airport in Ukraine | |||||||||||||||
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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 has been officially closed.[1] It was mostly destroyed during the War in Donbass.
Airlines and destinations
Since December 2009, it was a base airport of the Ukrainian airline UTair-Ukraine.[2]
Accidents and incidents
Main article: Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shoot-down
- 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
- Transportation in Ukraine
- List of airports in Ukraine
- List of the busiest airports in Ukraine
- List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
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
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