Kursk Vostochny Airport

Vostochny Airport Аэропорт Восточный
IATA: URS – ICAO: UUOK
Summary
Airport type		Joint, Russian Air Force
Operator		16th Air Army
Location		Kursk
Elevation AMSL		686 ft / 209 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
12/30	2,500	8,202	Concrete

Vostochny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Восточный) (IATA: URS, ICAO: 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) from 4 Ocotber 1979 to 1998. Moved in from Orel, Orel Oblast, where it had been stationed from 1950 to 1979. Equipped with MiG-23P or S from 1979. Disbanded 1 May 1998. The 472nd IAP PVO was Military Unit No.61364.^[1].

It is currently home to:

14 IAP (14th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-29 (SMT/UBT) aircraft, having been relocated from Zherdevka (air base). ^[2].

References

^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI. http://airbase.ru/squad/russia/avpvo/. . See also ru:472-й истребительный авиационный полк and Holm, 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.
^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.

External links

Airport information for UUOK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
Airport information for UUOK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
Current weather for UUOK at NOAA/NWS
Accident history for URS at Aviation Safety Network