Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport

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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Yelizovo Airport
IATA: PKC - ICAO: UHPP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Serves		Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Elevation AMSL		131 ft (40 m)
Coordinates		53°10′04″N, 158°27′13″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	735	224	Asphalt
16R/34L Closed	8,235	2,510	Concrete=
16L/34R	11,155	3,400	Concrete

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Yelizovo Airport (IATA: PKC, ICAO: UHPP) is an airport located in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Oblast, Russia. Its runway is 3400 meters long, enough to accommodate fully loaded Boeing 747s. The main apron contains 24 parking spaces, 8 of which can service a Boeing 747; additional 8 paved spaces for smaller aircraft and 12 unpaved parking spaces.

The main military operating unit is the 865 IAP (865th Interceptor Aviation Regiment), which operates MiG-31 interceptor aircraft. Naval operations have also taken place here, most notably with the 317 OSAP (317th Seperate Composite Aviation Regiment) operating Tupolev Tu-16R aircraft as late as 1992, and Beriev Be-12 and Tupolev Tu-95MS aircraft with unidentified units^[1]. Recent Google Earth high-resolution imagery revealed that the base continues to serve as an important military focal point, with 29 MiG-31 aircraft dispersed throughout the airfield and a large number of prop transports and helicopters.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
• Rossiya (formerly known as Pulkovo) (Blagoveshchensk, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg)
• S7 Airlines (Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok)
• Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)

[edit] External links

• World Aero Data airport information for UHPP

[edit] References