Antonov Airport (IATA: GML, ICAO: UKKM) (Ukrainian: аеропорт «Антонов» [ɐeroˈpɔrt ɐnˈtɔnou̯]), also known as Hostomel (or Gostomel) Airport (Ukrainian: аеропорт «Гостомель») is an international cargo airport and testing facility in Ukraine, located near Hostomel, which is the northwestern suburb of Kiev.

The airport is owned by the Antonov aircraft manufacturing company and operated by its subsidiary Antonov Airlines. The only An-225, world’s largest operating aircraft, is based in Gostomel.

Antonov Airport Аеропорт «Антонов»
Ukraine Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 at the airport
IATA: GML ICAO: UKKM
Summary
Airport type	Civil government
Operator	Antonov Airlines
Serves	Kiev
Location	Hostomel, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine
Elevation AMSL	517 ft / 158 m
Coordinates	50°36′13″N 030°11′31″E
Map
GML Location of the airport in Ukraine
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 11,483 3,500 Concrete

History

Construction of the airport began in 1959.

Commercial cargo operations at the airport began in 1989 with the first attempts at demilitarizing and commercializing of the Antonov Design Bureau.

Aircraft testing operations

Gostomel Airport was originally built as a top-secret in-house Flight Testing and Improvement Base (Ukrainian: Льотно-випробувальна і довідна база) for Antonov airplanes. It is equipped with special equipment for it (e.g., artificial lightning generator) and granted a purpose test flight zone. Its sister facility, responsible for manufacturing, is located inside Kyiv at the Sviatoshyn Airfield.

Cargo operations

Antonov Airlines Antonov An-225 landing at Gostomel (2014)

The airport is used by the Antonov Airlines, as well as by other interested cargo carriers. The following facilities and services are available on site:

• transshipping (air-to-auto; air-to-railway)
• storage capacities
• border control and customs
• aircraft maintenance

Military presence

Ukrainian Air Force is either using or was using the airport for its transportation forces.

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