Velikiye Luki Airport

Velikiye Luki Airport

Аэропорт Великие Луки
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationVelikiye Luki
Elevation AMSL328 ft / 100 m
Coordinates56°22′54″N 030°36′36″E / 56.38167°N 30.61000°E / 56.38167; 30.61000
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 4,665 1,422 Asphalt

Velikiye Luki Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Великие Луки) (IATA: VLU, ICAO: ULOL) is a suspended airport in Russia located 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of Velikiye Luki.

From the mid-1920s until 1936 it was used as a stopover airport by the Soviet-German airline Deruluft en route between Berlin and Moscow.[1]

Until the mid-1990s it was used to accommodate small civilian airliners servicing regional scheduled flights.

In 2020 a discussion on resuming flights took place with the governor of Pskov oblast.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Аэропорт - Лукиград - Великие Луки". lukigrad.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  2. ^ "В Великих Луках могут реконструировать аэродром". ВЛуки.ру (in Russian). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-02.