Gostomel Airport
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Gostomel Airport (aka Antonov Airport, Kiev Airport (ANTONOV); Ukrainian: Аеропорт "Гостомель") is an international cargo airport in Ukraine, located near Gostomel - the north-west suburb of Kiev. The airport is used by Antonov aircraft manufacturing company and Antonov Airlines.
Gostomel Airport is also a testing base for new models of Antonov planes, possessing special equipment for it (e.g., artificial lightning generator).
Ukrainian Air Force is either using or was using the airport for its transportation forces.
Boryspil Airport and Zhulyany Airport are the other two airports that serve Kiev. Antonov company also uses an industrial airstrip in Kiev's neighborhood of Svyatoshyn, near its main productional facilities.
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