Kharkiv International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт "Харків") is an

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located in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.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 inv ...

. It is the main airfield serving the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city. It is located to the south-east of the city center, in the city's Slobidskyi district. On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to

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History

The old terminal at Kharkiv was built in the 1950s employing a neoclassical style. However, with the

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and Ukraine to co-host the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, a new modern international terminal was built in order to comply with

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regulations. The old building was renovated to become a

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terminal. Since 2013, the airport operates a CATII

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(ILS).

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport: As of 24 February 2022, all passenger flights have been suspended indefinitely.

Statistics

Ground transport

Kharkiv International Airport is well served by municipal transport and is connected to the city's wider network of roads and railways via Aeroflotska Street and the M03 national trunk road. The following bus lines provide public transportation between the airport and the city of Kharkiv: * Trolleybus 5 — Airport to Universitetska Street via Prospekt Haharina

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station * 115 — Airport to Prospekt Haharina

station * 119 — Airport to Prospekt Peremohy via Prospekt Haharina

station * 152 — Airport to Mikroraion 552 via Akademika Barabashova

station * 225 — Airport to Akademika Barabashova metro station, transfer to Akademika Barabashova

station

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