Uzhhorod International Airport, ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Ужгород»; sk, Medzinárodné letisko "Užhorod") is an international
airport located in the city of
Uzhhorod, in the western
Ukrainian province of
Zakarpattia Zakarpattia may refer to:
* Zakarpattia Oblast, an administrative region of modern Ukraine, on the inner side of the Carpathians
** Zakarpattia Oblast Council, regional assembly of Zakarpattia Oblast
** Administrative divisions of Zakarpattia Obla ...
. The airport is situated in the westernmost part of the city, in the Chervenytsia district at 145, Sobranetska Street. It is a small airport, serving
Uzhhorod and the whole
oblast. The airport's
runway begins 90 meters from the
Ukrainian-Slovak international border, so planes must use Slovak
airspace
Airspace is the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, including its territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere. It is not the same as aerospace, which is the ...
for some take-offs and landings under special treaty.
History
The airport was not operational from 2016 (except for several months in 2019 when
Motor Sich Airlines
Motor Sich is a Ukrainian airline based in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. It operates passenger and cargo services, including charter and scheduled flights. Its main base is Zaporizhzhia International Airport.
History
The airline was established in 1 ...
tried to operate flights) until June 2021.
[News of day: gas prices, mistakenly charged fines, airport in Uzhgorod]
Ukrayinska Pravda (15 March 2019) At the end of 2018, the airport received a certificate from the
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
On 15 March 2019, the airport resumed servicing regular flights.
On 24 September 2020, Slovakia and Ukraine signed an agreement on the above-mentioned special treaty.
[Flights to resume at Uzhgorod Airport as Ukraine, Slovakia reportedly settle border issues](_blank)
UNIAN (19 August 2020)[Ukraine and Slovakia sign agreement to unblock Uzhhorod airport]
Ukrayinska Pravda (24 September 2020) Windrose Airlines performed the first regular flight on the route
Kyiv - Uzhhorod on 2 June 2021.
On 9 September 2021 the airport became fully operational.
[Uzhhorod Airport will be fully operational in September]
Ukrayinska Pravda (31 May 2021) Until then, flights were carried out according to the so-called
visual flight rules.
All civilian flights were stopped during the Russian invasion of 2022. If Russia was to target the airport using missiles with bad precision, a missile could accidentally land on Slovak territory, meaning that Russia would be bombing an EU and NATO member.
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Uzhhorod International Airport.
As of 24 February 2022, all passenger flights have been suspended indefinitely.
Statistics
See also
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List of airports in Ukraine
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List of the busiest airports in Ukraine
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List of the busiest airports in Europe
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List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
References
External links
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Airports in Ukraine
Airports built in the Soviet Union
Airport
Slovakia–Ukraine border
Czechoslovakia–Soviet Union relations
Transport in Uzhhorod
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