Kramatorsk Airport

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.

Kramatorsk Airport

Краматорський аеродром
Control tower
Summary
Airport typeMilitary airfield
Owner/OperatorUkrainian Army
LocationDonetsk Oblast Kramatorsk
In useMilitary[1]
OccupantsUkrainian Army
Elevation AMSL646 ft / 197[1] m
Coordinates48°42′20″N 37°37′44″E
Map
Kramatorsk Airport
Location in Ukraine
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 8,202 2,500[1] concrete

The airfield was captured by pro-Russian forces during the early phases of the War in Donbas 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 shelling, that was carried by pro-Russian forces on 10 February 2015 ten people were injured at the military base.[6]

The airfield was among the first military bases bombarded in the early hours of 24 February 2022, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

See also

References
  1. "KRQ - Kramatorsk, 14, UA - Airport - Great Circle Mapper". Gcmap.com. UA-14. Retrieved 2 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. "Ukraine crisis: Troops 'liberate' Kramatorsk airfield - BBC News". Bbc.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. "Shots Fired As Troops Land At Ukraine Airport". News.sky.com. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. "` Between Four and Eleven People have been Killed in a Battle for the Airport in kramatorsk '". Ace News Services. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  5. "У аэродрома в Краматорске в перестрелке уничтожено около 40 боевиков - Тымчук | Украинская правда". Pravda.com.ua. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. "Ukraine conflict: Battles rage ahead of Minsk talks". BBC News Online. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. "Война в Украине. Что происходит" (in Russian). Ак Жайжык. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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