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Gomel Airport

Gomel Airport
Аэрапорт Гомель
Аэропорт Гомель
Gomel Airport Bubin.jpg
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Gomel
Location Gomel raion
Elevation AMSL 472 ft / 144 m
Coordinates 52°31′37″N 31°01′00″E / 52.52694°N 31.01667°E / 52.52694; 31.01667Coordinates: 52°31′37″N 31°01′00″E / 52.52694°N 31.01667°E / 52.52694; 31.01667
Website http://www.gomelavia.com/
Map
GME is located in Belarus
GME
GME
Location of airport in Belarus
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 8,431 2,570 Asphalt

Gomel Airport (IATA: GMEICAO: UMGG) is an airport located 3 km north-east from Gomel, the second-largest city in Belarus. It was opened in 1968.

Gomel airport was a hub of Gomelavia airline, which ceased operations on 22 February 2011 due to bankruptcy. Gomelavia had been serving flights to Minsk, Moscow, Grodno and Kaliningrad. From 25 July 2011 Belarusian flag carrier, Belavia, started serving flights from Gomel to Kaliningrad during summer seasons once again.

Besides Belarusian air companies, Latvian flag carrier AirBaltic had served flights between Gomel and Riga in 2006, but this destination has been defunct ever since.

Gomel airport is now mainly used for charter flights to Italy, Belgium, Spain and some other Western European countries, those flights are organised by Western European organisations that take children from Gomel to Western Europe to host families for recreation purposes.

In summer 2014, because of local population's awareness about instability and ongoing war in Ukraine, Belavia started to carry out new charter flights from Gomel to Thessaloniki and Burgas. Flights to Kaliningrad since summer 2014 have a stopover at Minsk National Airport.


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