Sormovo
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| Nizhny Novgorod Sormovo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: - ICAO: | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Serves | Nizhny Novgorod | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 249 ft (76 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 9678 | 2950 | Concrete |
Sormovo (also given as Gorkiy Sormovo) is an air base in Russia located 8 km west of Nizhny Novgorod. It is a military base with MiG-25 and MiG-31 aircraft. There is also a local aircraft plant with aircraft based here. The runway dimensions suggest that this airfield was built in the 1950s as a bomber base.
As of 2000 Google Earth high-resolution satellite images showed 14 MiG-25, 6 MiG-21, and a small number of older fighters and fixed-wing aircraft. The west side of the runway has a 50 m displaced threshold; the actual runway dimension is 3000 m.
Units stationed at Nizhny Novgorod/Sormovo include 110 VTAP (110th Military Airlift Regiment) flying Ilyushin Il-76 freighters [1].
[edit] References
- ^ 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK. Brinkster.com.
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