Mirgorod Airport (ICAO: MXR) is a airfield located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) Southeast of Mirgorod, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. The date the airfield was constructed is not known.
During World War II, the airport was provided to the United States Army Air Forces during the summer of 1944 as a heavy bomber airfield, used by the Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces for shuttle bombing missions (Operation Frantic).
Today it is home to the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade, Air Command Centre, Ukrainian Air Force.
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