Donetsk Airport
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Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport Міжнародний аеропорт "Донецьк" |
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The ruins of the airport in December 2014 during the War in Donbass.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Donetsk, Ukraine | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 238 m / 781 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°04′30″N 037°43′32″E / 48.07500°N 37.72556°ECoordinates: 48°04′30″N 037°43′32″E / 48.07500°N 37.72556°E | ||||||||||
| Website | airport.dn.ua | ||||||||||
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 UKCC
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Source: Ukrainian AIP at EUROCONTROL
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| Passengers |
 346,700 |
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Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Донецьк") (IATA: DOK, ICAO: UKCC) is a nonoperational airport located 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that was destroyed in 2014 during the War in Donbass. It was built in the 1940s and 1950s and rebuilt in 1973 and again from 2011 to 2012. The airport is named for 20th-century composer Sergei Prokofiev, who was a native of Donetsk Oblast.
In the 1990s, Donetsk Airport experienced a number of criminal incidents. On November 3, 1996, a group of assassins opened indiscriminate fire at the plane of prominent local businessman Yevhen Shcherban as passengers disembarked on the apron. Shcherban and his wife were killed, together with an airport ground technician and the plane's flight engineer.
In accordance with the program of Donetsk for Euro 2012 in 2011, the Ukrainian construction company "Altcom" constructed a new airport terminal, which had been developed by experts from Croatia. The airline Donbassaero had its head office located at the airport, but ceased operations in January 2013.
On 26 May 2014, pro-Russian rebels seized the airport soon after Petro Poroshenko won the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election. In response, Ukrainian forces launched air attacks to regain control of it from the rebels. Two civilians and 38 combatants were reported dead, and the Ukrainian military regained control of the airport. Service at the airport has not resumed since the battle.
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