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Amet-khan Sultan International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт "Симферополь"; Ukrainian: Міжнародний аеропорт "Амет-хан Султан"; Crimean Tatar: Aqmescit Halqara Ava Limanı) (IATA: SIP, ICAO: UKFF), also known as Simferopol International Airport[note 1], is an airport in Simferopol, the capital city of Crimea. It was built in 1936. The airport has one international terminal and one domestic terminal.

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  1. ^ On 14 May 2015, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to rename the airport to Amet-khan Sultan International Airport, in memory of Amet-khan Sultan. However, due to the ongoing political crisis, Ukraine currently have no control over this airport.[1]

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  1. ^ "Ukrainian Rada voted for the renaming of the airport of Simferopol" (in 14 May 2015). rin.ru. Retrieved 14 May 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)