Kherson International Airport: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Civil and military airport in Kherson Oblast, RussiaUkraine}}

| nativename = <small>''{{nobold|Міжнародний аеропорт «Херсон''</small>»}}

'''Kherson International Airport''' ({{lang-uk|Міжнародний аеропорт Херсон|Mizhnarodnyi aeroport Kherson}}; {{airport codes|KHE|UKOH|p=n}}) is a civil and military [[airport]] serving the city of [[Kherson]], Ukraine. It is located at [[Chornobaivka]], in [[Kherson Oblast]], on the north-westnorthwest outskirts of the city of Kherson.

|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|access-date=20182017-0102-2702|language=uk}}</ref> ||{{increase}}2.2%

|105,900<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cfts.org.ua/news/2018/01/24/aeroport_kherson_na_70_uvelichil_passazhiropotok_v_2017_godu_45183|title=Аэропорт Херсон на 70% увеличил пассажиропоток в 2017 году|website=cfts.org.ua|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> ||{{increase}}69.3%

|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|access-date=2019-0401-1519|language=uk}}</ref> ||{{increase}} 41.7%

|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|access-datelanguage=2020-09-01uk}}</ref> ||{{increase}} 2.6%

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 setupset up a command post there, which was targeted by the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine|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 the 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>{{cite web |url=https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/satellite-imagery-shows-russia-removing-military-aircraft-from-a-key-airport/ |title=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>