Kramatorsk Airport

Kramatorsk Airport
Краматорський аеродром

Control tower

Control tower
IATA: KRQ – ICAO: UKCK
Summary
Airport type Military airfield
Owner/Operator Ukrainian Army
Location Donetsk Oblast Kramatorsk
In use Military[1]
Occupants Ukrainian Army
Elevation AMSL 646 ft / 197[1] m
Coordinates 48°42′20″N 37°37′44″E / 48.70556°N 37.62889°E / 48.70556; 37.62889Coordinates: 48°42′20″N 37°37′44″E / 48.70556°N 37.62889°E / 48.70556; 37.62889
Map
Kramatorsk Airport

Location in Ukraine

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 8,202 2,500[1] concrete

Kramatorsk Airport, also known as Kramatorsk military airfield, is a military airfield in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The airbase is 3.4 km SSE from the centre of Kramatorsk and at about 20 km south of Slovyansk.

The airfield was captured by pro-Russian forces during the early phases of the War in Donbass in 2014.

On 15 April 2014 the airfield was recaptured by the Ukrainian military.[2] Different sources stated the death toll up to 11.[3][4]

On 10 June 2014 the Ukrainian military claimed that about 40 pro-Russian fighters were killed in a 3-hour battle.[5]

As a result of attacks that were carried by pro-Russian forces on 10 February 2015 ten people were injured at the military base.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Great Circle Mapper
  2. ↑ Ukraine crisis: Troops 'liberate' Kramatorsk airfield BBC World News
  3. ↑ Shots Fired As Troops Land At Ukraine Airport Sky News
  4. ↑ Between Four and Eleven People have been Killed in a Battle for the Airport in kramatorsk
  5. ↑ У аэродрома в Краматорске в перестрелке уничтожено около 40 боевиков – Тымчук, Ukrayinska Pravda, 2014-06-10.
  6. ↑ "Ukraine conflict: Battles rage ahead of Minsk talks". BBC News Online. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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