Svyatoshyn Airport

The airport is not closed in the traditional sense. It has always been a private facility, restricted to the operations of the Antonov aircraft manufacturing plant. It is 'closed' to the public and commercial air traffic. The primary reason for its current state of limited or suspended activity is the ongoing war and the direct targeting of defense and industrial infrastructure in Kyiv, including a reported shelling of the Antonov plant in March 2022.

The site is the active, though heavily impacted, aerodrome for the Antonov State Company's serial production plant. Due to the ongoing war, detailed, real-time information on its operational capacity is limited for security reasons. The plant itself sustained damage from shelling in March 2022. It is presumed that any current activity is minimal and likely focused on critical military or state-ordered tasks. The site remains a high-security industrial zone and is not accessible to the public.

Svyatoshyn Airfield holds immense historical significance as the factory aerodrome for the Antonov Serial Production Plant (formerly known as the 'Aviant' plant). Its primary function has been to support the production and maintenance of Antonov aircraft. Key operations included:

- **First Flights:** Newly manufactured aircraft, such as the An-32, An-124 (in cooperation with other plants), An-70, An-148, An-158, and An-178, performed their maiden flights from this airfield.
- **Production Support:** The airfield was used to receive components and to dispatch newly built aircraft to customers or to Antonov's main flight test facility at Hostomel Airport (UKKM).
- **Maintenance and Repair:** Aircraft would fly into Svyatoshyn for major overhauls, modernization, and repairs at the adjacent factory.

It is intrinsically linked to the legacy of the Soviet and Ukrainian aerospace industry, serving as the birthplace for many iconic Antonov transport aircraft.

As the airport is not permanently closed, 'reopening' would refer to the full resumption of its industrial activities. There are no plans for Svyatoshyn to ever become a public or commercial passenger airport; its infrastructure is not designed for it. The full resumption of its pre-war manufacturing and flight testing operations is entirely dependent on the end of the war, the security situation in Kyiv, and the subsequent reconstruction and revitalization of Ukraine's aerospace industry. Its future is directly tied to the future of the Antonov State Company.