Sevastopol International Airport

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Sevastopol International Airport "Belbek" Міжнародний аеропорт Севастополь "Бельбек"
IATA: UKS ICAO: UKFB
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Russian military control
Location	9 km (5.6 mi) N of Sevastopol city center, Crimea
Built	1941
Coordinates	44°41′N 33°35′E / 44.683°N 33.583°E / 44.683; 33.583
Map
UKFB Location of the Sevastopol International Airport within Sevastopol. Show map of Sevastopol UKFB UKFB (Crimea) Show map of Crimea
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 07L/25R 10,337 3,150 Concrete
Involved in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

A military airfield in Belbek, a village near Sevastopol, Crimea, was also used for civil aviation, named Sevastopol International Airport Belbek^{[citation needed][a]} (IATA: UKS, ICAO: UKFB), for six years from 2002 to 2007 under Ukrainian administration.

Since 2014, following the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the base has been operated by the Russian Ministry of Defence. In 2017 plans were published under Russian administration to restore the airfield into an international airport by 2020, but this did not happen.

The base was home to the 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment which flies the Sukhoi Su-27 and Sukhoi Su-30 under the 27th Composite Aviation Division part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.^[1] After a series of explosions, the unit was withdrawn from the airport at the end of 2022.

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