Gostomel Airport

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Hostomel Airport Аеропорт «Антонов»
IATA: GML - ICAO: UKKM
Summary
Airport type		private
Operator		Antonov Airlines
Serves		Kiev
Elevation AMSL		517 ft (158 m)
Coordinates		50°36′13″N, 30°11′31″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	11,483	3,500	Concrete

Hostomel Airport (IATA: GML, ICAO: UKKM) (aka Antonov Airport, Kiev Airport (Antonov); Ukrainian: Аеропорт „Антонов”) is an international cargo airport in Ukraine, located near Hostomel — the northwestern suburb of Kiev. It is also a major aircraft test facility.

Contents 1 Cargo operations 2 Aircraft testing operations 3 Military presence 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Cargo operations

The airport is operated by the Antonov ASTC and used by Antonov Airlines, as well as by other interested cargo carriers. The following facilities and services are available on site:

• transshipping (air-to-auto; air-to-railway^[1])
• storage capacities
• border control and customs
• aircraft maintenance

Boryspil Airport and Zhulyany Airport are the other two airports that serve Kiev.

[edit] Aircraft testing operations

Gostomel Airport is also a testing base for new models of Antonov planes, possessing special equipment for it (e.g., artificial lightning generator) and a purpose test flights zone. Its sister facility, responsible for manufacturing, is located inside Kiev at the Sviatoshyn Airfield.

[edit] Military presence

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Ukrainian Air Force is either using or was using the airport for its transportation forces.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Via the Bucha railroad station of the Ukrainian Railways.

[edit] External links

• Antonov Airport at Antonov ASTC corporate Web site
• Airport information for UKKM at World Aero Data
• NOAA/NWS Weather observations for the Antonov Airport
• ASN Accident history for the Antonov Airport

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