| Uzhnyi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military Baltic Fleet | ||
| Operator | Russian Navy | ||
| Location | Kaliningrad | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8,530 | 2,600 | Concrete | |
Uzhnyi (also Severnyi) (Russian: Южный) 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.
689 Gv IAP & 288 OVP based at Uzhnyi moved to Chkalovsk during August 2002.