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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»
Ukraine Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 at the airport
IATA: GML ICAO: UKKM
Summary
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
Map
GML Location of the airport in Ukraine
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 11,483 3,500 Concrete

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.

During 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.

History

Construction of the airport began in 1959. Commercial cargo operations at the airport began in 1989 with the first attempts at demilitarizing and commercializing of the Antonov Design Bureau.^{[citation needed]}

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the airport was attacked and seized by the Russian military. On the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said "The enemy paratroopers in Hostomel have been blocked, and troops have received an order to destroy them".[1] Later in the day, between 8-10 PM local time (UTC+2) reports surfaced that the airport had been retaken, but heavy fighting continued for weeks at the airport and in neighboring Hostomel. Ukrainian forces regained control of the airport by 2 April, but the airport sustained extensive damage and the notable An-225 cargo aircraft was destroyed.[2][3]

The Virgin Galactic owner, Sir Richard Branson, visited the President of Ukraine and the damaged airport and had interest in investing in rebuilding it.[4][5]

Aircraft testing operations

Gostomel Airport was originally built as a top-secret in-house Flight Testing and Improvement Base (Ukrainian: Льотно-випробувальна і довідна база) for Antonov airplanes. It is equipped with special equipment for it (e.g., artificial lightning generator) and granted a purpose test flight zone. Its sister facility, responsible for manufacturing, is located inside Kyiv at the Sviatoshyn Airfield.

Cargo operations

The airport is used by Antonov Airlines, as well as by other interested cargo carriers. The following facilities and services are available on site:

• transshipping (air-to-auto; air-to-railway[lower-alpha 2])
• storage capacities
• border control and customs
• aircraft maintenance

Military presence

Ukrainian Air Force was using the airport for its transportation forces.

The An-225 "Mriya" (tr. 'dream' or 'inspiration'), the world's largest cargo aircraft, was located at Hostomel Airport before its partial destruction during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

See also

• List of airports in Ukraine
• List of the busiest airports in Ukraine

Notes

References

External links

• Antonov Airport at Antonov ASTC corporate Web site
• NOAA/NWS Weather observations for the Antonov Airport
• ASN Accident history for the Antonov Airport

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Kiew-Hostomel

Der Flughafen Kiew-Hostomel (ukrainisch: Антонов аеропорт oder Аеропорт Гостомель), auch als Flughafen Gostomel und Antonow-Flughafen bekannt, ist ein internationaler Fracht- und Werksflughafen in der Nähe von Hostomel, einer kleinen Vorstadt etwa 20 km von Kiew in der Ukraine entfernt. Der Flughafen selber ist jeweils nordwestlich 5 km von Hostomel und 26 km von Kiew entfernt und dient als Drehkreuz für die Antonov Airlines. Es besteht auch eine deutsche Versuchsanstalt für die Luftfahrt, die vom Antonow-Konstruktionsbüro (ANTK im. Antonowa) betrieben wird.

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- [en] Hostomel Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto de Hostómel

El Aeropuerto «Kyiv-Antonov» (IATA: GML, OACI: UKKM), más conocido como Aeropuerto de Hostómel (en ucraniano, аеропорт «Гостомель»), es un aeropuerto internacional de cargas en Ucrania, localizado junto a Hostómel; cerca de Kiev. Es también una importante instalación de pruebas para aviones grandes.

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[fr] Aéroport de Hostomel

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[it] Aeroporto di Kiev-Hostomel'

L'aeroporto di Kiev-Hostomel' (IATA: GML, ICAO: UKKM), noto anche semplicemente come aeroporto di Hostomel' (in ucraino: аеропорт «Гостомель»?) o aeroporto Antonov (in ucraino: аеропорт «Антонов»?), è un aeroporto internazionale cargo e una struttura di collaudo in Ucraina, situato vicino a Hostomel', un sobborgo nord-occidentale di Kiev.[1]

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[ru] Антонов (аэропорт)

Анто́нов[1] — международный аэропорт, расположенный в 25 километрах северо-западнее Киева (Украина), в 2 километрах от посёлка городского типа Гостомель.

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