Melitopol Air Base

Melitopol (ICAO: UKDM) is an air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.

Melitopol
Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine
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Coordinates	46°52′36″N 035°18′27″E / 46.87667°N 35.30750°E / 46.87667; 35.30750Coordinates: 46°52′36″N 035°18′27″E / 46.87667°N 35.30750°E / 46.87667; 35.30750
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Ukrainian Air Force
Controlled by	Air Force Command
Condition	Damaged
Site history
In use	Unknown - present
Fate	Captured by Russian forces
Battles/wars	2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: UKDM
Elevation	266 metres (873 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/22 2,470 metres (8,104 ft) Concrete

The base is home to the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade flying Ilyushin Il-76M/MD, Ilyushin Il-78 and Antonov An-26 aircraft.^[1]

The base was captured by Russian forces on 1 March 2022 during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 3 July it was hit by Ukrainian rocket strikes.^[2]

References

1. "Ukraine Air Force". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
2. "Ukraine hits Russian military base in occupied Melitopol, exiled mayor says". Reuters. Retrieved 3 July 2022.