# Melitopol Air Base

> Melitopol, UA · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| City | Melitopol |
| Country | UA |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 46.88000, 35.30500 |

## Description

Melitopol Air Base, on the edge of the southern-Ukrainian city of Melitopol, has been under Russian occupation since March 2022 and operates purely as a military field; there is no civilian air traffic or cargo handling. Russia reportedly now uses it mainly as a logistics base for heavy Il-76 transport aircraft, and it has repeatedly been targeted by Ukrainian strikes. No commercial air freight is processed here; Ukrainian air-cargo shipments currently route via road feeder services to EU airports such as Rzeszów (RZE) in Poland.

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