| Buturlinovka | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Location | Buturlinovka | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 505 ft / 154 m | ||
| Coordinates | 50°47′0″N 040°37′0″E / 50.783333°N 40.616667°ECoordinates: 50°47′0″N 040°37′0″E / 50.783333°N 40.616667°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8,202 | 2,500 | Concrete | |
Buturlinovka is an air base in Russia located 4 km south of the town of Buturlinovka. There are two small alert pads at either end of runway for 10 fighters. Google Earth images from 08-05-2011 still shows more than a dozen fighter aircraft.
Units stationed at Buturlinovka include 186 ISHAP (186th Instructional Shturmovik Aviation Regiment) flying 45 Su-25 jet aircraft during the early 1990s.[1][2] More recently it was home to the 899 'Orsha' Guards ShAP of the 16th Air Army, flying Su-25s,[3] but that unit disbanded on 1 December 2009, after which the airbase was left vacant. During 2011 the MiG-29s from Kursk were temporarily based here for a period of circa one year, due to runway repairs at Kursk.[4]
References[]
- ↑ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sssr-89-91/vvs/add.htm.
- ↑ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- ↑ Butowski, International Air Power Review, Vol 13, 2004
- ↑ "Аэродром Бутурлиновка" (in Russian). Buturlinovka Air Base. 7 February 2011. http://www.buturlinovka777.ru/fulcrum.html. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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