 vnukovo international airport () , is a dual runway international airport located  southwest from the centre of moscow, russia. this is one of the three major airports that serves moscow, along with the domodedovo international airport and the sheremetyevo international airport. in 2013, the airport handled 11.18 million passengers, representing an increase of 15% compared to the previous year. it is the 4th-busiest airport in russia and post-soviet states. vnukovo airport was opened and used for military operations during the second world war, but became a civilian facility after the war. ==history==  vnukovo is moscow's oldest operating airport. its construction was approved by the soviet government in 1937, because the older khodynka aerodrome (located much closer to the city centre, but closed by the 1980s) was becoming overloaded. vnukovo was opened on 1 july 1941. during the [[great p
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