| Tunoshna Аэропорт Туношна |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal entrance | |||
| IATA: IAR – ICAO: UUDL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Location | Yaroslavl | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 285 ft / 87 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05/23 | 9,843 | 3,000 | Asphalt |
Tunoshna (also Tunoshnoye, or Tunoschna) (Russian: Аэропорт Туношна) (IATA: IAR, ICAO: UUDL) is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia located 18 km southeast of Yaroslavl. It services medium-sized airliners. It does not serve any scheduled airlines[1].
During the Cold War it was a key interceptor aircraft base. It was home to 415 IAP (415th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft during the 1980s and 1990s[2]. This unit was decommissioned in 1992 and the planes were sent to Rzhev.
On September 7, 2011, a Yak-Service Yak-42, carrying the KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to Minsk, crashed on take-off from Tunoshna, killing 44 of the 45 occupants. [3][4]