Sevastopol International Airport
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A military airfield in Belbek, a village near Sevastopol, Crimea, was also used for civil aviation, named Sevastopol International Airport Belbek[citation needed][lower-alpha 1] (IATA: UKS, ICAO: UKFB), for six years from 2002 to 2007 under Ukrainian administration.
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Sevastopol International Airport "Belbek" Міжнародний аеропорт Севастополь "Бельбек" | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Russian military control | ||||||||||
Location | 9 km (5.6 mi) N of Sevastopol city center, Crimea | ||||||||||
Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°41′N 33°35′E | ||||||||||
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Involved in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||||||
Since 2014, following the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the base has been operated by the Russian Ministry of Defence. In 2017 plans were published under Russian administration to restore the airfield into an international airport by 2020, but this did not happen.
The base was home to the 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment which flies the Sukhoi Su-27 and Sukhoi Su-30 under the 27th Composite Aviation Division part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.[1] After a series of explosions, the unit was withdrawn from the airport at the end of 2022