# Luhansk International Airport, Luhansk, Ukraine

**Luhansk International Airport** was an airport in Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It opened in 1964. It closed in 2014. It had one runway, 2,880 m (9,450 ft) long, paved. In 2012 it handled 51 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ua-9863

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
- Opened: 1964
- Closed: 2014
- Elevation: 194 m / 636 ft
- Coordinates: 48.4190, 39.3743
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,880 m / 9,450 ft
- Passengers: 51,100 (2012)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Europe/Kyiv
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2233195
- Weather station: UKCW
- Ident: UA-9863

## Timeline

- 1964: Luhansk International Airport opens.
- 2014: Luhansk International Airport closes.
- 14 Jun 2014: 2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown. 49 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,880 m / 9,450 ft | 43 m / 140 ft | Paved | 101° / 281° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 27,420 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 23,500 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 51,100 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Lugansk Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lugansk-airlines).

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 132.000 |
| PMSV | METEO | 124.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.600 |

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- [ROV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urrp.md) Platov International Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [RU-0372](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0372.md) Rostov-on-Don Central Air Base · 128 km / 80 mi
- [RU-0211](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0211.md) Taganrog Tsentralny Air Base · 136 km / 85 mi
- [TGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urrt.md) Taganrog Yuzhny Airport · 141 km / 88 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #20

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ua-9863/data