Hostomel Airport


Antonov Airport , also known as Hostomel Airport is an international cargo airport and testing facility in Ukraine, located near Hostomel, which is the northwestern suburb of Kiev.
The airport is owned by the Antonov aircraft manufacturing company and operated by its subsidiary Antonov Airlines. The only An-225, world's largest operating aircraft, is based in Gostomel.

History

Construction of the airport began in 1959.
Commercial cargo operations at the airport began in 1989 with the first attempts at demilitarizing and commercializing of the Antonov Design Bureau.

Aircraft testing operations

Gostomel Airport was originally built as a top-secret in-house Flight Testing and Improvement Base for Antonov airplanes. It is equipped with special equipment for it and granted a purpose test flight zone. Its sister facility, responsible for manufacturing, is located inside Kyiv at the Sviatoshyn Airfield.

Cargo operations

The airport is used by the Antonov Airlines, as well as by other interested cargo carriers. The following facilities and services are available on site:
is either using or was using the airport for its transportation forces.