Simferopol International Airport
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Simferopol International Airport Международный аэропорт "Симферополь" Міжнародний аеропорт "Сімферополь" Aqmescit Halqara Ava Limanı |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Simferopol, Crimea | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 639 ft / 195 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°03′07″N 33°58′25″E / 45.05194°N 33.97361°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.sipaero.ru | ||||||||||
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 Simferopol International Airport
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| Passengers |
 5,201,522 |
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| AIP of the Russian Federation | URFF |
Simferopol International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт "Симферополь", Mezhdunarodnyy aeroport "Simferopol’"; Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Сімферополь", Mizhnarodnyy aeroport "Simferopol’"; Crimean Tatar: Aqmescit Halqara Ava Limanı, Акъмесджит Халкъара Ава Лиманы; (IATA: SIP) (Russian AIP: URFF, УРФФ ) is an airport in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea. It was built in 1936. The airport has one international terminal and one domestic terminal. On 14 May 2015, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (which de facto has no control over the airport) voted to rename it to Amet-khan Sultan International Airport, in memory of Amet-khan Sultan. Another airport named after Amet-khan Sultan is Uytash Airport located in Makhachkala, Russia.
Since the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the airport is only used for flights to and from Russia.
On 21 January 1936, the Council of People's Commissars of the Crimean Autonomous Republic decided to allocate land and begin construction of the Simferopol Airport. Simferopol to Moscow flights began in May 1936. Before the Second World War, regular air travel was established between Simferopol and Kiev, Kharkiv, and other airports. In 1957, a terminal was commissioned. Lighting equipment was installed on a dirt runway and IL-12, IL-14, and Mi-4 aircraft began landing at the airport. In 1960, a concrete runway with an apron and parking areas was constructed. The airport began to operate around the clock and in adverse weather conditions, using new aircraft such as Antonov An-10 and IL-18. In the 1950s and 1960s, the AN-2 carried cargo and passenger flights to regional centers of the Crimea, and the Mi-4 flew to Yalta. In the summer of 1960, a squadron of Tu-104 was organized for the first time in Ukrainian SSR. Starting in 1964, the An-24 was based at the airport.
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