Hostomel Airport
Cargo airport in Kyiv, Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Antonov Airport (IATA: GML, ICAO: UKKM) (Ukrainian: аеропорт «Антонов» [ɐeroˈpɔrt ɐnˈtɔnou̯]), also known as Hostomel (or Gostomel) Airport (Ukrainian: аеропорт «Гостомель»), is an international cargo airport and testing facility in Ukraine, located near Hostomel, which is a northwestern suburb of Kyiv.[lower-alpha 1]
Antonov Airport Аеропорт «Антонов» | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Civil government | ||||||||||
Operator | Antonov Airlines | ||||||||||
Serves | Kyiv | ||||||||||
Location | Hostomel, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 517 ft / 158 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°36′13″N 30°11′31″E | ||||||||||
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The airport is owned by and named after the Antonov aircraft manufacturing company and operated by its subsidiary Antonov Airlines. The destroyed An-225 was based here.
At the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the airport became the site of an intense battle. It was temporarily held by Russian forces and sustained heavy damage to facilities and aircraft.