Odessa International Airport (Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт «Одеса», Russian: Международный аэропорт «Одесса») (IATA: ODS, ICAO: UKOO) is an airport located 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest from the centre of Odessa, Ukraine.
It serves both domestic and international flights. Airport's runways either were or are co-used by the Ukrainian Air Force.
The airport was built in 1961. In 2009, the airport served 651,000 passengers.
The area of Odessa International airport is 570 hectares. The airport concerns to group of the largest airports of Ukraine and connects Odessa by airlines with many cities of Ukraine and CIS, Western Europe, Asia and Africa.
Technical service of airport is based on 2800 square meters area and represented by 4 parking places to provide technical service to 4 planes simultaneously. European standards classify the airport as "class 1".
In May 2007, the airport started construction work that includes extending the main runway. The airport has ILS CAT I status.
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