Hostomel Airport
Antonov Airport Аеропорт «Антонов» | |||||||||||
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Ukraine Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 at the airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil government | ||||||||||
| Operator | Antonov Airlines | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kyiv | ||||||||||
| Location | Hostomel, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 517 ft / 158 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°36′13″N 30°11′31″E / 50.60361°N 30.19194°E | ||||||||||
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Antonov Airport (IATA: GML, ICAO: UKKM) (Ukrainian: аеропорт «Антонов» [ɐeroˈpɔrt ɐnˈtɔnou̯]), also known as Hostomel (or Gostomel) Airport (Ukrainian: аеропорт «Гостомель»), is an international cargo airport and testing facility in Ukraine, located near Hostomel, which is a northwestern suburb of Kyiv.
The airport is owned by and named after the Antonov aircraft manufacturing company and operated by its subsidiary Antonov Airlines. The destroyed An-225 was based here.
At the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the airport became the site of a battle. It was temporarily held by Russian forces and sustained heavy damage to facilities and aircraft.