Kursk Vostochny Airport

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Vostochny Airport
Аэропорт Восточный
IATA: URS - ICAO: UUOK
Summary
Airport type joint
Operator 16th Air Army, Russian Air Force
Serves Kursk
Elevation AMSL 686 ft (209 m)
Coordinates 51°45′6″N, 036°17′48″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 8202 2500 Concrete

Vostochny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Восточный) (IATA: URSICAO: UUOK) is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia located 7 km east of Kursk. It is a medium-sized base 4 miles northeast of Kursk. Several alert pads, with civilian tarmac on other side of airfield.

Khalino was home to:

  • 472 IAP (472nd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft in the early 1990s [1].

It is currently home to:

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] References

  1. ^ Aviatsiya PVO. Aviabaza KPOI.
  2. ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc. 


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