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" | |||||||||||||||
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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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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
- 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.
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