Antonov Airport Аеропорт «Антонов» | |||||||||||
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_RP3226.jpg) Ukraine Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 at the airport | |||||||||||
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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 / 50.60361°N 30.19194°E | ||||||||||
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  GML Location of the airport in Ukraine | |||||||||||
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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.[a]
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 a battle.[1][2] It was temporarily held by Russian forces and sustained heavy damage to facilities and aircraft.
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- ^ Harris, Shane; DeYoung, Karen; Khurshudyan, Isabelle; Parker, Ashley; Sly, Liz (16 August 2022). "Road to war: U.S. struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ Horton, Alex (14 April 2023). "Russia's commando units gutted by Ukraine war, U.S. leak shows. THE DISCORD LEAKS: Russia's clandestine spetsnaz forces have been put to use alongside the infantry, suffering massive numbers of dead and wounded". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 11 September 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.