Kherson International Airport

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Kherson International Airport

Міжнародний аеропорт Херсон Херсонский

международный аэропорт

 IATA: KHE

 ICAO: UKOH

Summary

Airport type Public/Military

Operator Kherson airlines

Serves Kherson, Mykolaiv

Location Chornobaivka, Kherson, Ukraine

Elevation AMSL 148 ft / 45 m

Coordinates 46°40′05″N 32°30′08″E

Website khe.aero

Map
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Location of airport in Ukraine

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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8,202 2,500 Concrete

Statistics (2021)
Passengers  83 553

Source: cfts.org.ua[1]

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Kherson International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт

Херсон; IATA: KHE, ICAO: UKOH) is a civil and military airport serving the city
of Kherson, Ukraine. It is located at Chornobaivka, in Kherson Oblast, on the north-west
outskirts of the city of Kherson. It was captured by Russian forces during the 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine on 27 February 2022.
 Contents

 1Airlines and destinations

 2Statistics
 3Kherson Air Base
 4See also
 5References
 6External links

Airlines and destinations[edit]

As of 24 February 2022, all passenger flights at Kherson have been suspended
indefinitely.[2] The following airlines previously operated regular scheduled and charter
flights at the airport.[3]

Airlines Destinations

Pegasus Airlines Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen (resumes 1 November 2022)[citation needed]

SkyUp Seasonal charter: Antalya,[4] Sharm El Sheikh[4]

Turkish Airlines Istanbul

Ukraine International
Kyiv–Boryspil
Airlines

Statistics[edit]
Annual passenger traffic at KHE airport. See Wikidata query.

Year Passengers Change on previous year

2014 7,900

2015 61,235 675.1%

 2016 62,557[5] 2.2%

2017 105,900[6] 69.3%

2018 150,100[7]  41.7%

2019 154,046[8]  2.6%

Kherson Air Base[edit]

See also: 2022 Chornobaivka attacks
The base, also known as the Chornobaivka airfield, is home to the 11th Separate Army
Aviation Regiment of the Ukrainian Army Aviation.[9]
It was one of the Ukrainian air bases attacked early in the 2022 Russian invasion of
Ukraine.[10] The Russian forces took over the airbase in the course of the battle of
Kherson on 2 March 2022, and setup a command post there, which was targeted by
the Ukrainian military several times since then.[11] On 16 March, Ukraine launched an
airstrike against Russian forces at the airbase, destroying at least seven helicopters and
a number of vehicles.[12] Ukrainian officials claimed the attacks killed two high-ranking
Russian commanders, generals Andrey Mordvichev[13] and Yakov Rezantsev.[11] On 23
March, the Ukrainian media cited satellite imagery showing that most of the Russian
military aircraft had been removed from the airfield, but the troops remained on the
ground.[14]

See also[edit]
 List of airports in Ukraine
 List of the busiest airports in Ukraine
 List of the busiest airports in Europe
 List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
 Transportation in Ukraine

References[edit]
1. ^ "Аэропорты Украины в 2021 году: Основные тренды".
2. ^ "Ukraine airspace closed to civilian flights". www.bbc.com. 24 February 2022.
3. ^ khe.aero - Schedule retrieved 10 October 2020
4. ^ Jump up to:a b "freight monitor". online.joinup.ua.
5. ^ "Аэропорт Херсон отчитался о пассажиропотоке за 2016 год".  cfts.org.ua.
Retrieved 2018-01-27.
6. ^ "Аэропорт Херсон на 70% увеличил пассажиропоток в 2017 году".  cfts.org.ua.
Retrieved 2018-01-24.
7. ^ "Аэропорт Херсон нарастил на 42% пассажиропоток в 2018 году".  cfts.org.ua.
Retrieved 2019-04-15.
8. ^ "В аэропорту Херсон обнародовали данные о работе в 2019
году".  www.avianews.com. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
9. ^ "Ukraine Army Aviation". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
10. ^ Troianovski, Anton; MacFarquhar, Neil (2022-02-23).  "Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Begins
Invasion From Land and Sea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved  2022-02-
24.
11. ^ Jump up to:a b "Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine".  BBC News. 26 March
2022. Retrieved  26 March 2022.
12. ^ Alan Cullison; Isabel Coles; Yaroslav Trofimov (16 March 2022). "Ukraine Mounts
Counteroffensive to Drive Russians Back From Kyiv, Key Cities". The Wall Street Journal.
Retrieved 16 March  2022.
13. ^ "Ukraine war latest: Zelensky urges peace talks with Russia 'without delay'". BBC News. 19
March 2022. Retrieved  19 March 2022.
14. ^ "Satellite imagery shows Russia removing military aircraft from a key airport". The Kyiv
Independent. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March  2022.