Vnukovo International Airport
international airport serving Moscow, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
international airport serving Moscow, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vnukovo International Airport, formally "Vnukovo International Airport named after Andrei Tupolev", (Russian: Международный аэропорт Внуково, IPA: [ˈvnukəvə]) (IATA: VKO, ICAO: UUWW), is a dual-runway international airport located 28 kilometres (17 mi) southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia.
Vnukovo International Airport Международный аэропорт Внуково Mezhdunarodnyĭ aėroport Vnukovo | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summary | |||||||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | JSC "Vnukovo Airport" | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Moscow | ||||||||||||||
Location | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
Hub for |
| ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 209 m / 686 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°35′46″N 37°16′03″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | vnukovo.ru | ||||||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Statistics (2017) | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
It is one of the four major airports that serve Moscow, along with Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Sheremetyevo International Airport, and Zhukovsky International Airport.
In 2015, the airport handled 15.82 million passengers. It is the third-busiest airport in Russia.
Vnukovo is Moscow's oldest operating airport. It was opened and used for military operations during the Second World War, but became a civilian facility after the war.
In 1980, Vnukovo was expanded because of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.