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 Donbass.

Lugansk International Airport

"Міжнародний аеропорт Луганськ"
The ruins of Luhansk International Airport in September 2014
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCivil Government
LocationLuhansk, Ukraine
Elevation AMSL636 ft / 194 m
Coordinates48°25′4.8″N 39°22′26.4″E
Websiteairport.lg.ua
Map
VSG
Location of Luhansk Airport in Ukraine
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 9,318 2,840 Asphalt concrete
9/27 8,202 2,500 Soil

Airlines and destinations

From December 2009 to its closure, Luhansk International Airport was a base airport of the Ukrainian airline UTair-Ukraine.[2]

Accidents and incidents
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See also

References
  1. Three airports in the East Ukraine closed until better times Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Ukrinform. 19 June 2014
  2. UTair-Ukraine started flights. Avianews. 12 December 2009

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