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Gomel Airport

Airport in Gomel, Belarus

Field	Value
name	Gomel Airport
nativename	Аэрапорт Гомель
nativename-a	Аэропорт Гомель
image	Аэродромы_и_терминалы-терминал,_Гомель_RP15882.jpg
image-width	250
IATA	GME
ICAO	UMGG
pushpin_map	Belarus
pushpin_map_caption	Location of airport in Belarus
pushpin_label	GME
pushpin_label_position	right
type	Public
city-served	Gomel
location	Gomel District
elevation-f	472
elevation-m	144
coordinates
website
r1-number	11/29
r1-length-f	8,431
r1-length-m	2,570
r1-surface	Asphalt
stat-year	2013
stat1-header	Passengers

Gomel Airport is an airport located 3 km north-east from Gomel, the second-largest city in Belarus. It was opened in 1968.

History

A Russian MoD video screenshot showing a UAV taking off from the Gomel Airport runway during the March 2022 airstrikes in Ukraine.

Since the mid-1950s, regular flights to Minsk and Kiev from the old Gomel airport to remote regional centers of the region, and sanitary and agricultural aviation were also based here. In 1968, the current airport was built with a concrete runway, to which An-24 was the first to land.

Gomel airport was a hub of Gomelavia Airlines, which ceased operations on 22 February 2011 due to bankruptcy.

From 25 July 2011 Belarusian flag carrier, Belavia, started serving flights from Gomel to Kaliningrad during summer seasons once again.

Besides Belarusian air companies, Latvian flag carrier AirBaltic had served flights between Gomel and Riga in 2006, but this destination has been defunct ever since.

In summer 2014, Belavia started to carry out new charter flights from Gomel to Thessaloniki and Burgas. Flights to Kaliningrad since summer 2014 have a stopover at Minsk National Airport.

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Gomel Airport was used by the Russian military for military purposes, including launching air strikes against Ukraine, as evidenced by a video released by the Russian Ministry of Defence.

Airlines and destinations

| Belavia | Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Moscow–Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg Seasonal charter: Antalya, Sharm El Sheikh

Ground transport

Suburban bus route from airport to Gomel central bus station goes once a day in both directions

References

(13 June 2014). "Выйти из штопора. История о том, как возрождается гомельский аэропорт". ООО «ТУТ БАЙ МЕДИА».
(20 March 2022). "Для бомбежек Украины россияне используют гражданский аэропорт Гомеля". reform.by.
(14 February 2024). ""Белавиа" начнет летать из Гомеля в два московских аэропорта". Зеркало.
(3 October 2023). "Belavia Adds Gomel – Moscow Service From late-Oct 2023". AeroRoutes.
(8 February 2024). "Belavia Adds Gomel – St. Petersburg From late-March 2024". AeroRoutes.
"Чартер из Гомеля в Шарм-эль-Шейх: первые туристы отправились в путешествие сегодня - БЕЛАВИА - Авиакомпания Республики Беларусь". BELAVIA - Belarusian Airlines.
(26 March 2024). "Belavia NS24 Egypt / Qatar Charters". AeroRoutes.

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