Moscow Domodedovo Airport
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Moscow Domodedovo International Airport (Russian: Домодедово аэропорт, IPA: [dəmɐˈdʲɛdəvə]) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD), formally Domodedovo Mikhail Lomonosov International Airport, is an international airport serving Moscow, the capital of Russia. It is located in Domodedovo, Moscow Oblast, 42 kilometres (26 mi) south-southeast from the city centre of Moscow. Domodedovo Airport serves regular flights across Russia, as well as to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and it is the third largest airport in Russia and CIS after Sheremetyevo and Pulkovo. Domodedovo Airport is among the top twenty busiest airports in Europe. In 2022, the airport served 21.2 million passengers.
Moscow Domodedovo International Airport Домодедово аэропорт | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Dmitry Kamenshchik | ||||||||||||||
Operator | DME Limited | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Moscow metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
Location | Domodedovo | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 7 April 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-04-07) | ||||||||||||||
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Time zone | EEST (UTC+03:00) | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 179 m / 588 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°24′31″N 37°54′22″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | domodedovo.ru | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[1] |
In 2019, following a naming contest and a presidential decree, the airport was renamed after Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.[2]