Luhansk International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт "Луганськ") was an airport in

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. The airport was located 20 km (12 miles) south of the city center, 9 km to the city limit. Since 11 June 2014, the airport has been officially closed. It was mostly destroyed during the

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History

The airport was built in 1964.

Airlines and destinations

From December 2009 to its closure in 2014, Luhansk International Airport was a base airport of the Ukrainian airline

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.UTair-Ukraine started flights. Avianews. 12 December 2009
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Statistics

Accidents and incidents

* On 14 June 2014, a

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aircraft was shot down on approach to Luhansk, killing all 49 people on board. This was the most severe loss suffered by the Ukrainian military since the start of the pro-Russian conflict in February 2014.

References

*http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=UP00013&sch=UKCW

External links

{{authority control 1964 establishments in Ukraine 2014 disestablishments in Ukraine Defunct airports in Ukraine

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