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Brest Airport

Brest International Airport (Belarusian: Аэрапорт Брэст, romanizedAeraport Brest; Russian: Аэропорт Брест) is an international airport serving Brest, a city in Belarus. The airport is located 15 km east of the city center of Brest, situated between the village of Shebrin (to the south) and the M1 highway (to the north), part of the European route E30.

Currently, the airport in Brest is open for scheduled, charter, and cargo flights. Brest Airport is the largest airport in the Brest Region. Brest Airport is one of the seven international airports in Belarus.

Near the city of Brest lies the border of the European Union, and the city is one of the most important commercial hubs in Belarus.

Brest also serves as a gateway to the nearby city of Grodno, Belarus. Additionally, Brest marks the starting point of the Russian railway corridor connecting Western Europe with Asia.

The distance from the border crossings is as follows:

The history of Brest Airport dates back to September 1945. By 1968, the old airport operated eleven scheduled flights daily. However, in the jet age, the old Brest Airport could only accommodate turboprop aircraft.

The construction of a new airport near Brest was decided in the early 1970s, with plans to build one of the most modern airport complexes in the USSR. Before 1976, the airport was located on the Kamieniec Highway.

The first phase of the airport was constructed in 1976. On July 30, 1976, the first jet-powered passenger aircraft, a Tupolev Tu-134A, landed at the new airport.

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