Grabtsevo Airport is an airport

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 in Kaluga Oblast

Kaluga Oblast

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, Russia

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, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Kaluga

Kaluga

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. It accommodates small airliner

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s. The airport is closed since 2009.

Restricted area UU-R56 is located just southwest of the airfield over part of Kaluga town.

In 2008, the airport became the property of Volkswagen Rus OOO, the Russian subsidiary of the German

Germany

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 automotive industry

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 conglomerate and holding company Volkswagen Group

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. Volkswagen Air Services charter flights to Braunschweig Airport

Braunschweig Airport

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 near Wolfsburg

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, and Ruzyně Airport, Prague

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, are planned to start in the next 2 years.