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{{Infobox airport
| name = Uzhhorod International Airport
| nativename-a = <small>''{{Nobold|{{Lang|uk|Міжнародний аеропорт "Ужгород"''}}}}</small>
| image = Uzhhorod_Airport_2010_2.jpg
| image-width = 250280
| IATA = UDJ
| ICAO = UKLU
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Zakarpattia Oblast # Ukraine
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Ukraine
| pushpin_label = UDJ
| pushpin_label_position = right
| type = Public
| owner = [[Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast|Zakarpattia Regional State Administration]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Zakarpatske oblasne komunalne pirdpyiemstvo "Mizharodnyi Aeroport Uzhhorod (Zakarpattia regional communal enterprise "Uzhhorod International Airport")|url=https://youcontrol.com.ua/catalog/company_details/31315735/|accessdateaccess-date=2 May 2018|language=uk|date=2 May 2018}}</ref>
| operator = Government
| city-served = [[Uzhhorod]], [[Zakarpattia Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]
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| r1-length-f = 6,686
| r1-length-m = 2,038
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| stat-year = 20172019
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = {{increase}}2,782<ref name="Statistics2019">{{Cite web|url=https://cfts.org.ua/infographics/passazhiropotok_aeroportov_ukrainy_2019|title=Пассажиропоток аэропортов Украины&nbsp;— 2019}}</ref>▼
| stat1-data = {{decrease}}182<ref>http://cfts.org.ua/news/2018/01/24/aeroport_uzhgorod_v_2017_godu_obsluzhil_vsego_182_passazhira_45181</ref>
| footnotes =
| pushpin_relief = y
| module ={{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=12|frame-height=260 | stroke-width=1 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
}}
 
'''Uzhhorod International Airport''', ({{lang-uk|'''Міжнародний аеропорт «Ужгород»'''}}; {{lang-sk|'''Medzinárodné letisko "Užhorod"'''}}) {{airport codes|UDJ|UKLU}} is an international [[airport]] located in the city of [[Uzhhorod]], in the western [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[oblast|province]] of [[Zakarpattia Oblast|Zakarpattia]]. The airport is situated in the westernmost part of the city, in the Chervenytsia district at 145, Sobranetska Street. It is a small airport, serving [[Uzhhorod]] and the whole [[oblast]]. The airport's [[runway]] begins 90 meters from the [[Slovakia–Ukraine border|Ukrainian-Slovak international border]], so planes must use Slovak [[airspace]] for some take-offs and landings under special treaty.<ref name="1111750UzzhAir"/><ref>{{cite web|script-title=uk:Аеропорт "Ужгород" має всі умови для функціонування у звичному режимі|url=http://www.avia.gov.ua/news/novyny/news_avia/25485.html|access-date=19 June 2016|language=uk|date=16 June 2016|archive-date=19 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619204643/http://www.avia.gov.ua/news/novyny/news_avia/25485.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==History==
It is a small airport, serving [[Uzhhorod]] and the whole [[oblast]]. The airport's [[runway]] begins 90 meters from the [[Slovakia–Ukraine border|Ukrainian-Slovak international border]], so planes must use Slovak [[airspace]] for take-offs and landings under special treaty.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=uk:Аеропорт "Ужгород" має всі умови для функціонування у звичному режимі|url=http://www.avia.gov.ua/news/novyny/news_avia/25485.html|accessdate=19 June 2016|language=uk|date=16 June 2016}}</ref>
The airport was not operational from 2016 (except for several months in 2019 when [[Motor Sich Airlines]] tried to operate flights) until June 2021.<ref name="486119_aeroport_uzhhorod"/><ref name=UzzhAir646146>{{Cite web |title=Новини дня: ціни на газ, помилково нараховані штрафи, аеропорт в Ужгороді |trans-title=News of day: gas prices, mistakenly charged fines, airport in Uzhhorod|url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/15/646146/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]] |language=uk}}</ref><ref name="1111750UzzhAir"/> At the end of 2018, the airport received a certificate from the [[European Aviation Safety Agency]] (EASA).<ref name="1111750UzzhAir"/> On 15 March 2019, the airport resumed servicing regular flights.<ref name="1111750UzzhAir"/> On 24 September 2020, Slovakia and Ukraine signed an agreement on the above-mentioned special treaty.<ref name="1111750UzzhAir">[https://www.unian.info/economics/uzhgorod-airport-flights-to-resume-as-ukraine-slovakia-reportedly-settle-border-issues-11117507.html Flights to resume at Uzhgorod Airport as Ukraine, Slovakia reportedly settle border issues], [[UNIAN]] (19 August 2020)</ref><ref name="pravda.com.ua7267501/">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/09/24/7267501/ Ukraine and Slovakia sign agreement to unblock Uzhhorod airport], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (24 September 2020)</ref> [[Windrose Airlines]] performed the first regular flight on the route [[Kyiv]] - Uzhhorod on 2 June 2021.<ref name="486119_aeroport_uzhhorod"/>
 
On 9 September 2021 the airport became fully operational.<ref name="674442UzhhorodAirport">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2021/05/31/674442/ Uzhhorod Airport will be fully operational in September], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (31 May 2021)</ref> Until then, flights were carried out according to the so-called [[visual flight rules]].<ref name="674442UzhhorodAirport"/> All civilian flights were stopped during the Russian invasion of 2022. If Russia was to target the airport using missiles with bad precision, a missile could accidentally land on Slovak territory, meaning that Russia would be bombing an EU and NATO member. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.airlive.net/uzhhorod-is-now-the-most-sensitive-airport-in-ukraine-as-it-literally-touches-slovakia-a-nato-country/amp/ | title=Uzhhorod is now the most sensitive Airport in Ukraine as it literally touches Slovakia, a NATO country | date=24 March 2022 }}</ref>
From summer 2016 until March 2019 the airport did not handle regular flights.<ref name=UzzhAir646146>{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2019/03/15/646146/ News of day: gas prices, mistakenly charged fines, airport in Uzhgorod], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (15 March 2019)</ref>
 
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine closed airspace to civilian flights due to [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>"[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/airlines-should-stop-flying-over-all-ukraines-airspace-conflict-zone-monitor-2022-02-24/]." Reuters. Retrieved on February 24, 2022. "Ukraine closes airspace to civilian flights amid Russian military action."</ref>
 
==Airlines and destinations==
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'''As of 24 February 2022, all passenger flights have been suspended indefinitely.'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60505415 |title=Ukraine airspace closed to civilian flights |date= 24 February 2022 |website=www.bbc.com}}</ref>
 
{{Airport-dest-list
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|[[Windrose Airlines]]| [[Boryspil International Airport|Kyiv–Boryspil]]<ref name="486119_aeroport_uzhhorod">{{in lang|uk}} [https://lb.ua/economics/2021/06/02/486119_aeroport_uzhgorod_vidnoviv_priyom.html Uzhhorod Airport resumed flights after a two-year break], {{ill|Lb.ua|uk|Lb.ua}} (2 June 2021)</ref><ref name="674442UzhhorodAirport"/>
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==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=UDJ}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
 
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!2015
|5,038<ref name="cfts.org.ua">{{Cite web|url=http://cfts.org.ua/news/2017/02/09/passazhiropotok_aeroporta_uzhgorod_iz_za_prekrascheniya_regulyarnykh_reysov_upal_v_35_raza_38964|title=Пассажиропоток аэропорта Ужгород из-за прекращения регулярных рейсов упал в 3,5 раза|website=cfts.org.ua|access-date=2017-02-09}}</ref>
|{{decrease}} 58%
|-
!2016
|1,404<ref name="cfts.org.ua"/>
|1,404<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cfts.org.ua/news/2017/02/09/passazhiropotok_aeroporta_uzhgorod_iz_za_prekrascheniya_regulyarnykh_reysov_upal_v_35_raza_38964|title=Пассажиропоток аэропорта Ужгород из-за прекращения регулярных рейсов упал в 3,5 раза|website=cfts.org.ua|access-date=2017-02-09}}</ref>
|{{decrease}} 72.1%
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!2018
|250<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cfts.org.ua/infographics/passazhiropotok_aeroportov_ukrainy_2018 | title=Пассажиропоток аэропортов Украины&nbsp;— 2018}}</ref>
|{{increase}} 37&nbsp;%
|-
!2019
|2,782<ref name="Statistics2019"/>
▲|2,782<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cfts.org.ua/infographics/passazhiropotok_aeroportov_ukrainy_2019|title=Пассажиропоток аэропортов Украины&nbsp;— 2019}}</ref>
|{{increase}} 441.24&nbsp;%
|}
 
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==External links==
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