Savatiya

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Kotlas Savatiya
IATA: - ICAO: ULKS
Summary
Airport type		military
Operator		Russian Air Force
Serves		Kotlas
Elevation AMSL		318 ft (97 m)
Coordinates		60°59′42″N, 046°52′12″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	8202	2500	Concrete

Savatiya (also Kotlas South, Savati, or Savvatiya) (ICAO: ULKS) is an air base in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 32 km south of Kotlas. It is a small interceptor airfield. It was home to 445 IAP (445th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) which received Tupolev Tu-128 (Fiddler) aircraft in 1967, MiG-25 aircraft by the late 1970s, and MiG-31 by the 1990s ^[1]. It is also listed as being home to 458 IAP (458th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) which flew MiG-31s in the 1990s ^[2].

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