Ivanovo Severny | |||
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IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Military | ||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
Location | Ivanovo | ||
Elevation AMSL | 449 ft / 137 m | ||
Coordinates | 57°3′30″N 040°58′54″E / 57.05833°N 40.98167°ECoordinates: 57°3′30″N 040°58′54″E / 57.05833°N 40.98167°E | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
7,546 | 2,300 | Concrete |
Ivanovo Severny (also Ivanovo North or Zhukovka) is an air base in Russia located 6 km north of Ivanovo. It is a large transport operation airfield with hangars and significant tarmac space. The runway was built in 1935 and upgraded in 1965. The airfield received the Soviet Union's first Ilyushin Il-76 delivery on June 3, 1974.
Ivanovo Severny was home to 81 VTAP (81st Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Il-76, An-12, and An-22 aircraft. It was decommissioned in 1998. It is also home to 2457 Air Base of SDRLO flying the Beriev A-50.[1]
It is not to be confused with the civilian Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport.
References[]
- ↑ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
The original article can be found at Ivanovo Severny and the edit history here.