Vnukovo Airport

Vnukovo International Airport Международный аэропорт Внуково Mezhdunarodnyĭ aėroport Vnukovo
IATA: VKO ICAO: UUWW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	JSC "Vnukovo Airport"
Serves	Moscow
Location	Moscow, Russia
Hub for	Gazpromavia I-Fly Pobeda Rossiya UTair Aviation
Elevation AMSL	209 m / 686 ft
Coordinates	55°35′46″N 37°16′03″E / 55.59611°N 37.26750°E / 55.59611; 37.26750Coordinates: 55°35′46″N 37°16′03″E / 55.59611°N 37.26750°E / 55.59611; 37.26750
Website	vnukovo.ru
Map
VKO Location in Moscow
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 3,060 10,039 Concrete 01/19 3,060 10,039 Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 15,815,129 Aircraft movements 163,600
Source: DAFIF, airport web site

Vnukovo International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Внуково; IPA: [ˈvnukəvə]) (IATA: VKO, ICAO: UUWW), is a dual-runway international airport located 28 kilometres (17 mi) southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia. It is one of the three major airports that serve Moscow, along with Domodedovo International Airport and Sheremetyevo International Airport. In 2015, the airport handled 15.82 million passengers, representing an increase of 24% compared to the previous year. It is the third-busiest airport in Russia.

Vnukovo is Moscow's oldest operating airport. It was opened and used for military operations during the Second World War, but became a civilian facility after the war. Its construction was approved by the Soviet government in 1937, because the older Khodynka Aerodrome (located much closer to the city centre, but closed by the 1980s) was becoming overloaded. Vnukovo was opened on 1 July 1941. During the Great Patriotic War, it was used as a military airbase; passenger services started after the war.

On 15 September 1956, the Tupolev Tu-104 jetliner made its first passenger flight from Moscow Vnukovo to Irkutsk via Omsk.