Kilpyarv

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Kilpyavr
IATA: n/a - ICAO:
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

Kilpyavr (also appearing in many different forms as Kilpajärvi, 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). Kilpyavr 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 March 2007 showed 37 interceptor aircraft on the tarmac.