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Sviatoshyn Airfield

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Airport type
  
Industrial

Elevation AMSL
  
174 m / 571 ft

5,905
  
1,800

Elevation
  
174 m

Location
  
Kiev

14/32
  
5,905

1,800
  
Concrete

Owner
  
Antonov

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Sviatoshyn Airfield (Ukrainian Аеродром «Святошин»), formerly known as Svyatoshino, is an industrial airfield in Kiev, Ukraine, located 11 km northwest of city center. It is a part of the Antonov's gigantic aircraft production facility in Sviatoshyn neighborhood.

Sviatoshyn Airfield sometimes hosts Kiev's aviation events such as shows or festivals, otherwise remaining inaccessible for public. The city's main aviation museum is located near the Zhuliany Airport.

Company's other airfield facility, the Gostomel Airport in Kiev Oblast, is the testing facility for Antonov airplanes as well as the base for the Antonov Airlines subsidiary.

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Sviatoshyn Airfield Wikipedia