Berdiansk Airport ( uk, Аеропорт Бердянськ, russian: Аэропорт Бердянск) is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

in Berdiansk,

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

. The airport is located north of the city. As of 26 February 2022, the airport is under Russian occupation. As of January 2023, the airport is being used by the Russian Armed Forces.

Incidents and Accidents

* On 19 June 1987,

Aeroflot Flight 528 Aeroflot Flight N-528 was a regular commercial flight from Odesa to Berdyansk that crashed while attempting to land in poor weather conditions. Aircraft The aircraft involved in the accident was a Yakovlev Yak-40 registered to Aeroflot. The ...

, a Yakovlev Yak-40 (CCCP-87826) approached the airport with a tailwind in a heavy rain shower and touched down at high speed. A go-around was initiated, then aborted. The aircraft overran the runway, struck obstacles and caught fire, killing eight aboard. The aircraft was written off.Yak-40 Incident
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References

Airports in Ukraine Airports established in 1975 Berdiansk {{Ukraine-airport-stub