Airport comments for Russia

re: Closed

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Chaikovskiy Airport, Russia

English Wikipedia. Search for Chaykovsky and pick the one in Perm Krai

re: Closed

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— @david at Chaikovskiy Airport, Russia

I couldn't find the article in the English Wikipedia -- is it in the Russian one?

re: Closed

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— @david at Monino Airfield, Russia

Thanks for the info. If anyone finds out the status, please let us know.

re: Closed

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Monino Airfield, Russia

Reply to @david: Was supposed to be a question mark after Closed in title. Don't know if it is completely closed, but it is no longer used for any mil- or private regular flights.

re: Closed

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— @david at Monino Airfield, Russia

Is the runway ever used (say, to fly in new aircraft for display), or is it completely shut down?

Closed

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Chaikovskiy Airport, Russia

According to Wikipedia article about Chaykovsky there is no longer an airport there.

Closed

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Monino Airfield, Russia

This is now used for the Central Air Force Museum

re: ICAO code conflict

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— @Zoran at Volgodonsk Airport, Russia

Yes, it was mistake, this airport has no English ICAO.

re: Closed?

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— @david at Giaginskaya Air Base, Russia

The pavement looks rough but intact, and although the markings have worn off, nothing's been built on or close to the runway. Is there any way to confirm the airport's status?

ICAO code conflict

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Volgodonsk Airport, Russia

Unless this code exist in official ICAO database I think it should be changed to URRA. The Russian code is УРРЯ, which would translate to URRYA.

Reason for this is that Zavetnoe about 100 miles SE has УРРЫ which translates directly to URRY.

Closed?

🔗 Thu, 27 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Giaginskaya Air Base, Russia

This airfield appears to have been abandoned

re: Closed?

🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2009
— @david at Yelabuga North Airport, Russia

I don't know enough about drag racing to know what to look for in the satellite pic. Certainly, I don't see proper runway markings.

Closed?

🔗 Wed, 26 Aug 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Yelabuga North Airport, Russia

Based on Google Earth image this airport appear to be used for drag racing now.

Derevyannoe

🔗 Thu, 20 Aug 2009
— @Zoran at Derevyannoe Air Base, Russia

Probably closed.

Lovozero

🔗 Tue, 18 Aug 2009
— @Zoran at Lovozero Airfield, Russia

Now civil airport for small planes and helicopters.

UWUU

🔗 Sun, 16 Aug 2009
— @jmblanco430 at Ufa International Airport, Russia

RUNWAY 14L---108.30---141º

USRK

🔗 Sun, 16 Aug 2009
— @jmblanco430 at Kogalym International Airport, Russia

RUNWAY 17---108.50---173º

Reopened

🔗 Fri, 07 Aug 2009
— @Zoran at Krapivnya Airfield, Russia

The airfield reopened for light airplanes.

UUEE

🔗 Fri, 07 Aug 2009
— @jmblanco430 at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia

RUNWAY 07L---108.10---066º

UHWW

🔗 Thu, 06 Aug 2009
— @jmblanco430 at Vladivostok International Airport, Russia

RUNWAY 07L---VFR---070º

UIII

🔗 Thu, 06 Aug 2009
— @jmblanco430 at Irkutsk International Airport, Russia

RUNWAY 12---110.30---115º

ULMM

🔗 Sat, 01 Aug 2009
— @jmblanco430 at Murmansk Airport, Russia

RUNWAY 32---108.50---314º

Life of the airfield

🔗 Thu, 16 Jul 2009
— @Zoran at Komendantskiy Airfield, Russia

The airfield was established in 1910, closed in 1963.

Closed

🔗 Thu, 16 Jul 2009
— @Zoran at Rzhevka Airport, Russia

Rzhevka is closed since 2006 year.

looking for one of your test pilot

🔗 Sat, 20 Jun 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Zhukovsky International Airport, Russia

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re: Double mark

🔗 Sun, 15 Mar 2009
— @david at Kasimovo Airfield, Russia

Done -- there's just one Kasimovo Air Base now.

Double mark

🔗 Sun, 15 Mar 2009
— @Zoran at Kasimovo Airfield, Russia

Sorry, I have duplicate mark for this airfield. Remove it please, when possible.

Khankala

🔗 Fri, 13 Mar 2009
— @Zoran at Khankala Air Base, Russia

Reopened is Grozny North (see photo in "New York Times"). This mark is Khankala military base.

re: Uncle

🔗 Fri, 13 Mar 2009
— @david at Kilpyavr Air Base, Russia

Thanks -- I've corrected the name, and updated the Wikipedia link.

Uncle

🔗 Fri, 13 Mar 2009
— Anonymous Flyer at Kilpyavr Air Base, Russia

Correct name of this airbase is Kilpyavr (or Kilp-Yavr).

Voronezh Aircraft Production Association

🔗 Fri, 09 Jan 2009
— @david at Pridacha, Russia

This is the home airport of the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association, one of the largest aircraft manufacturing complexes in Russia. It is closed to the public.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronezh_Aircraft_Production_Association

Disputed territory

🔗 Thu, 08 Jan 2009
— @david at Burevestnik Airport, Russia

This airport is operated by the Russians as part of their claim on the disputed Kuril Islands, near Japan.

Once a busy airport

🔗 Thu, 08 Jan 2009
— @david at Novgorod Airport, Russia

This was a busy regional passenger airport during the Soviet era, but fell on hard times afterwards, and stopped operations about 10 years ago.

Calls for customs

🔗 Mon, 05 Jan 2009
— @david at Khankala Air Base, Russia

There are calls for the airport to add customs services and accept international flights, so that passengers can fly directly to Chechnya, without having to pass through Moscow:

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/2880035

Reopened in spring, 2007

🔗 Mon, 05 Jan 2009
— @david at Khankala Air Base, Russia

This airport was in ruins after the Chechan war, but it was repaired after the fighting died down, and was reopened for scheduled service in spring 2007. There's still occasional violence in Chechnya, but airplanes no longer have to spiral down from directly above the airport to avoid rocket fire. Here's a story from fall 2007:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/world/europe/11chechyna.html?_r=1&ref=europe

Under construction

🔗 Fri, 22 Feb 2008
— @david at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia

There is a lot of construction underway at Sheremetyevo, including a new terminal and a new runway:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/04/25/040.html/

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/5816/