Vnukovo International Airport
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Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) (Russian: Внуково, IPA: [ˈvnukəvə]) (IATA: VKO, ICAO: UUWW), is a dual-runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia. It is one of the four major airports that serve Moscow, along with Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, and Zhukovsky.
Vnukovo International Airport Международный аэропорт Внуково | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | JSC "Vnukovo Airport" | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Moscow metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
Location | Moscow | ||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 209 m / 686 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°35′46″N 37°16′03″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | vnukovo.ru | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (see also provisional 2018 statistics)[2] |
In 2019, the airport handled 24.01 million passengers, representing an increase of 12% compared to the previous year. Vnukovo was the eleventh-busiest airport in Europe in 2021 but had a strong decline in traffic and dropped to 30th place in 2022 as a consequence of sanctions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]