Kilpajarvi

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Kilpajarvi
IATA: n/a - ICAO: XLMW
Summary
Airport type military
Operator Russian Air Force
Serves Murmansk
Elevation AMSL 305 ft (93 m)
Coordinates 69°5′48″N, 032°24′30″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8202 2500 Concrete

Kilpajarvi (ICAO: XLMW) (also appearing in many different forms as Kilpyavr, Kilp-Yavr, Kil'p-Yar, Kilp-Yar, Kilpyarvi, Polyarn'y, Polyarnyy) is a military air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 30 km northwest of Murmansk. It is a small interceptor base operated by 941 IAP (941st Interceptor Aviation Regiment). Kilpajarvi operated MiG-19, Su-9, and MiG-23M aircraft, and upgraded to Su-27 aircraft in 1985. Polyarny is also the name of an airfield at Yakutsk. Google Earth high-resolution satellite imagery dating to around 2000 showed 12 interceptor aircraft on the tarmac.

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