Ostafyevo International Business Airport
airport in Moscow, Russia
Ostafyevo (Russian: Остафьево) (IATA: OSF, ICAO: UUMO) is a "B" class international airport, located 14 km (8.7 mi) to the south of Moscow Ring Road in Novomoskovsky administrative okrug of Moscow. The airport is owned by Gazpromavia company, a division of Gazprom. It was renovated and opened for civilian flights in 2000 on the grounds of a former military airbase. Ostafyevo features a new modern glass terminal, and caters primarily to business aviation.
It can handle aircraft such as the Boeing 737-700, Bombardier Global Express, Dassault Falcon 2000, Antonov An-12, Ilyushin Il-18, Yakovlev Yak-42, Tupolev Tu-134 and smaller, as well as helicopters of all types.
Description
The airport belongs to the Russian Ministry of defence and is operated jointly with Gazpromavia. It is home to Gazpromavia and the cargo airline Shar Ink. The only authorized handler is Aviapartner LLC.
The airport was opened for international flights in 2007. It fully meets the modern standards of safety and service organization of international and domestic flights, all types of collateral obtained certificates of conformity.
Currently Ostafyevo is positioned as an international business airport, ready to provide services regarding to ground handling, parking (both on apron and in hangars), refuelling, catering, transfer and accommodation for crew, customs assistance, aeronautical information and organizational support, including navigational support for foreign aircraft flying in the Russian Federation.
“Ostafyevo International Business Airport” enters the record as airport in Moscow, Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ostafyevo, International and Business can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1432093. VIAF identifies the subject as 153744724. The Library of Congress control number is n91109625. Authority coordinates are 55.512, 37.507. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000 and 2007.
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