Simferopol International Airport
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Simferopol International Airport[1] is an airport located in Simferopol, de facto the capital of the Republic of Crimea. Built in 1936, the airport today has one international terminal and one domestic terminal.
Simferopol International Airport Міжнародний аеропорт "Сімферополь" Международный аэропорт "Симферополь" Aqmescit Halqara Ava Limanı | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | Simferopol, Crimea | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 597 ft / 182 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°03′07″N 33°58′25″E | ||||||||||
Website | new.sipaero.ru/en/ | ||||||||||
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On 14 May 2015, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to rename it Amet-khan Sultan International Airport in memory of Amet-khan Sultan,[2] despite that Russia occupied Crimea and controlled the airport since 2014. Another airport named after Amet-khan Sultan is Uytash Airport located in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. However, in 2018, Russian citizens voted for the airport to be named after the painter Ivan Aivazovsky after Amet-khan's name was not allowed in the list of final three options to vote for despite being the most popular in the preliminary round of voting.[3][4][5]
Since the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the airport is only used for flights to and from Russian airports due to limited international recognition of the annexation.