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Luhansk International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Location
  
Luhansk, Ukraine

Website
  
airport.lg.ua

Elevation
  
194 m

Operator
  
Civil Government

Elevation AMSL
  
636 ft / 194 m

9/27
  
9,318

Code
  
VSG

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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. It was mostly destroyed during the War in Donbass.

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Airlines and destinations

Since December 2009, it was a base airport of the Ukrainian airline UTair-Ukraine.

Accidents and incidents

Luhansk International Airport Ukraine crisis Troops abandon Luhansk airport after clashes BBC News

  • 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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    References

    Luhansk International Airport Wikipedia
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