Kerch Airport , known in Ukrainian

Ukrainian language

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 as Керч аеропорт (Russian

Russian language

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: Керчь аэропорт ) is an airport in Kerch

Kerch

Kerch is a city on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea, an important industrial, transport and tourist centre of Ukraine. Kerch, founded 2600 years ago, is considered as one of the most ancient cities in Ukraine.-Ancient times:...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

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. The airport is located 1.5 km northwest of the city. The airport is currently bankrupt

Bankruptcy

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, and was put on sale for 27M

Million

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 Hryvn (3.3M USD) by the city authorities.

Though the airport is bankrupt, it is still in service, and is used by general aviation

General aviation

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 today. The airport itself is not in good condition. Runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 needs repair, airport facilities are bad, there is working ATC tower

Air traffic control

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 which is also needs improvements. There is no airline services to this airport.

Airline flights to/from airport ceased operation approximately in 2008, there were approximately 8-10 flights a day both Domestic

Domestic airport

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 and International

International airport

An international airport is any airport that can accommodate flights from other countries and are typically equipped with customs and immigration facilities to handle these flights to and from other countries...

. In 2005-2006 airport tried to resume flights to Kiev

Kiev

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 and Moscow

Moscow

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 using Motor Sich Airlines, but expensive were high and profit was to low, which made flying unprofitable.

Accidents and Incidents

On November 13, 1971, Aeroflot

Aeroflot

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 Antonov 24B (CCCP-46378) struck a cable

Cable

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 and crashed on approach

Final approach (aviation)

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. There were total of 5 passenger and crew on aboard who all died on impact. The aircraft was written off (damaged beyond repair).