Kherson International Airport to receive first flight after reconstruction in early 2022
Kherson International Airport, where reconstruction of a runway started this year, will receive its first flight in March 2022.
According to Kherson Regional State Administration with reference to first deputy director of Kherson International Airport Anatoliy Tkach, currently the construction readiness of the facility is already 95%.
Reconstruction of the runway at the airport is part of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Great Construction program.
Now the airport is completing reconstruction of the runway, in the near future the installation of modern lighting and navigation equipment will begin, which will allow aircraft to land in difficult weather conditions.
Repair of the fence around the airport will begin next year. In addition, a waiting room on the second floor of the airport terminal, which had not been used before, will be reconstructed. A tender for these works with an expected cost of UAH 23 million has already been announced.
According to Tkach, before the start of reconstruction, the airport received four to five flights daily. After reconstruction, it will be able to increase the capacity to 10-15 flights, including high-capacity aircraft of the 4D category.
“Due to this, the passenger traffic will increase to 500,000 passengers per year, and the airport will be able to open new air routes. Representatives of the airport are already negotiating this issue with domestic and international airlines,” the statement says.
The runway of Kherson airport has been in operation since 1985 and during this time it has never been overhauled.
As reported, earlier it was planned to complete work and resume flight services by the end of 2021.
