Uzhhorod International Airport, ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Ужгород»; sk, Medzinárodné letisko "Užhorod") is an international

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located in the city of

Uzhhorod Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a city and municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the B ...

, in the western

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. 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

and the whole

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. The airport's

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begins 90 meters from the Ukrainian-Slovak international border, so planes must use Slovak

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for some take-offs and landings under special treaty.

History

The airport was not operational from 2016 (except for several months in 2019 when

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tried to operate flights) until June 2021.News of day: gas prices, mistakenly charged fines, airport in Uzhgorod

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(15 March 2019) At the end of 2018, the airport received a certificate from the

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(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

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(19 August 2020)Ukraine and Slovakia sign agreement to unblock Uzhhorod airport

(24 September 2020)

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performed the first regular flight on the route

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- Uzhhorod on 2 June 2021. On 9 September 2021 the airport became fully operational.Uzhhorod Airport will be fully operational in September

(31 May 2021) Until then, flights were carried out according to the so-called

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. 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

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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.

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* * * Airports in Ukraine Airports built in the Soviet Union

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