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URRP
Platov International Airport
VFR
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Name
Platov International Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
URRP / ROV / URRP
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
11:23 pm (MSK)
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Municipality
Rostov-on-Don
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Coordinates
47° 29′ 37″ N 39° 55′ 28″ E
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Elevation
281 ft (86 m MSL)
About Platov International Airport
Platov International Airport (IATA: ROV, ICAO: URRP) (Russian: Международный аэропорт Платов) is an airport close to the stanitsa of Grushevskaya, Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia near the city of Novocherkassk northeast of Rostov-on-Don. It serves Rostov-on-Don (as a replacement for the old Rostov-on-Don Airport) and started operation in December 2017. It is named after Matvei Platov.
It was originally planned that the airport would open in November 2017, with passenger navigation starting on 1 December 2017. The project has a capacity of 5 million passengers per year. Azimuth will be the main company serving the airport. The airport was opened on 27 November 2017, with the new highway to the airport and final tests before the operations would commence.
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