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{{Infobox airport
| name = Kherson International Airport
| nativename
| image = Kherson Airport logo.png
| image2 = Kherson airport passenger terminal.jpg
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| IATA = KHE
| ICAO = UKOH
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Kherson Oblast # Ukraine
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Ukraine
| pushpin_label = KHE
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| operator = Kherson airlines
| city-served = [[Kherson]], [[Mykolaiv]]
| location = [[Chornobaivka]], [[Kherson
| hub =
| elevation-f = 148
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| footnotes = Source: cfts.org.ua<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cfts.org.ua/articles/aeroporty_ukrainy_v_2021_godu_osnovnye_trendy_1878/128870|title = Аэропорты Украины в 2021 году: Основные тренды}}</ref>
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'''Kherson International Airport''' ({{lang-
==Airlines and destinations==
As of 24 February 2022, all passenger flights at Kherson have been suspended indefinitely.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60505415 |title=Ukraine airspace closed to civilian flights |date= 24 February 2022 |website=www.bbc.com}}</ref> The following airlines previously operated regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport.<ref>[https://khe.aero/rozklad-reisiv/?lang=en khe.aero - Schedule] retrieved 10 October 2020</ref>
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|62,557<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cfts.org.ua/news/2017/02/02/aeroport_kherson_otchitalsya_o_passazhiropotoke_za_2016_god_38849|title=Аэропорт Херсон отчитался о пассажиропотоке за 2016 год|website=cfts.org.ua|
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|150,100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cfts.org.ua/news/2019/01/19/aeroport_khersona_narastil_na_42_passazhiropotok_v_2018_godu_51279|title=Аэропорт Херсон нарастил на 42% пассажиропоток в 2018 году|website=cfts.org.ua|
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|154,046<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avianews.com/ukraine/2020/01/16/airport_kherson_statistics_2019/|title=В аэропорту Херсон обнародовали данные о работе в 2019 году|website=www.avianews.com|date=16 January 2020|
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== Kherson Air Base ==
{{See also|2022 Chornobaivka attacks}}
The base, also known as the Chornobaivka airfield,
[[File:Kherson International Airport after battles (11).jpg|thumb|Ruins of the airport]]
It was one of the Ukrainian air bases attacked early in the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Troianovski|first1=Anton|last2=MacFarquhar|first2=Neil|date=2022-02-23|title=Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Begins Invasion From Land and Sea|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/24/world/russia-ukraine-putin|access-date=2022-02-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Russian forces took over the airbase in the course of the [[battle of Kherson]] on 2 March 2022, and
Ukrainian attacks against Russian forces extended up to 5 November,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://patrioty.org.ua/politic/trenuvannia-okupantiv-zakinchylysia-uspishno-u-chornobaivtsi-znovu-stalasia-bavovna-video-442411.html|title=Тренування окупантів закінчилися "успішно": У Чорнобаївці знову сталася "бавовна" (відео)|newspaper=Patrioty Ukrayiny|date=5 November 2022|language=uk}}</ref> and on 11 November, Chornobaivka and the airport were liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://24tv.ua/zsu-berislavi-legendarniy-chornobayivtsi-ukrayinski-prapori_n2196190|title=ЗСУ в Бериславі, а в легендарній Чорнобаївці – українські прапори|first=Ivan|last=Mahuryak|publisher=[[Channel 24 (Ukraine)|Channel 24]]|date=11 November 2022|language=uk}}</ref> Russian forces left in the area what has been described as "a huge [[minefield]] and a graveyard of Russian weapons, vehicles and personnel".<ref>{{cite news| last=Bezpiatchuk | first=Zhanna | title=Ukraine war: Chornobaivka airbase, symbol of Russian defeat | website=BBC News | date=29 November 2022 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63754797}}</ref>
▲It was one of the Ukrainian air bases attacked early in the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Troianovski|first1=Anton|last2=MacFarquhar|first2=Neil|date=2022-02-23|title=Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Begins Invasion From Land and Sea|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/24/world/russia-ukraine-putin|access-date=2022-02-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Russian forces took over the airbase in the course of the [[battle of Kherson]] on 2 March 2022 and organized there a command post, which was targeted by the Ukrainian military several times since then.<ref name="bbc-Rezantsev">{{cite news |title=Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60856533?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=623efe4b5fbc655faa01ef6a%26Russian%20general%20Yakov%20Rezantsev%20killed%20in%20Ukraine%262022-03-26T12%3A03%3A44.150Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:536598c1-9755-4ef5-aeef-8cff66d27932&pinned_post_asset_id=623efe4b5fbc655faa01ef6a&pinned_post_type=share |access-date=26 March 2022 |work=BBC News |date=26 March 2022 |language=en-gb}}</ref> On 16 March, Ukraine launched an airstrike against Russian forces at the airbase, destroying at least seven helicopters and a number of vehicles.<ref>{{Cite news |author1=Alan Cullison|author2=Isabel Coles|author3=Yaroslav Trofimov |date=16 March 2022 |title=Ukraine Mounts Counteroffensive to Drive Russians Back From Kyiv, Key Cities |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-mounts-counteroffensive-to-drive-russians-back-from-kyiv-key-cities-11647428858 |access-date=16 March 2022 }}</ref> Ukrainian officials claimed that attacks killed two high-ranking Russian commanders, generals [[Andrey Mordvichev]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Ukraine war latest: Zelensky urges peace talks with Russia 'without delay' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60802572?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=62356f0d0ce87e491a0f02f3%26Russian%20lieutenant%20general%20killed%20in%20Ukraine%3A%20Armed%20Forces%262022-03-19T06%3A00%3A47.066Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:b335982c-f486-4155-99af-5d9f84cb5137&pinned_post_asset_id=62356f0d0ce87e491a0f02f3&pinned_post_type=share |access-date=19 March 2022 |work=BBC News |date=19 March 2022 |language=en-gb}}</ref> and [[Yakov Rezantsev]].<ref name="bbc-Rezantsev"/> On 23 March, the Ukrainian media cited satellite imagery showing that most of the Russian military aircraft had been removed from the airfield, but the troops remained on the ground.<ref>|url=https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/satellite-imagery-shows-russia-removing-military-aircraft-from-a-key-airport/ |access-date=26 March 2022 |work=The Kyiv Independent |date=23 March 2022}}</ref>
==See also==
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[[Category:Airports in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Airports built in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Military installations of Ukraine]]
[[Category:Ukrainian airbases]]
▲[[Category:Battle of Kherson]]
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