Nivenskoye
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| Nivenskoye | |||
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Russian Navy Baltic Fleet | ||
| Serves | Kaliningrad | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 66 ft (20 m) | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8530 | 2600 | Concrete | |
Nivenskoye (also Yezau) was an interceptor aircraft air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 17 km south of Kaliningrad. A large mile-wide taxiway ring on west side fed a series of aircraft revetments. There were remote bomber or alert revetments for about 5 aircraft. It is abandoned and in a state of decay as of 2000.
During the Cold War it was home to 689 Gv IAP (689th Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23s in the 1980s and 36 Su-27P by the 1990s [1]. It was also home to 288 OVP (288th Independent Helicopter Regiment) flying Mi-24 K and R models and Mi-8.
Scramble.nl reports that 689 Gv IAP & 288 OVP based at Nivenskoye moved to Chkalovsk during August 2002.
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