Kursk Vostochny Airport
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Kursk Vostochny Airport (Template:Langx) (Template:Comma separated entries),[1] also known as Khalino airbase, Kursk-Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia, with a single Template:Cvt runway located 7 km east of Kursk. It has been used for many decades as a military airbase and has had periods of time when it was also utilized as a commercial airport. It is located 4 miles northeast of Kursk and is considered a medium-sized base, with several alert pads. A civilian tarmac is located on the southern side of the airfield, which utilizes the common runway facilities.
History
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Khalino airbase was home to:
- 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment from 4 October 1979 to 1998. Moved in from Orel, Orel Oblast, where it had been stationed from 1950 to 1979. Equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23P (ASCC: Flogger) or S from 1979. Disbanded 1 May 1998.[2]Template:Full
- 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (14 Gv IAP) flying Mikoyan MiG-29 (SMT/UBT) (ASCC: Fulcrum) aircraft, having been relocated from Zherdevka (air base).[3] Now part of the 105th Guards Mixed Aviation Division flying the Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO: Flanker-H).[4][5][6]
All commercial flight activity at the airport was banned by Russian authorities at the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, starting at 03:45 on 24 February 2022.[7]
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 6 December 2022 the airport’s oil storage caught fire.[8] The Kursk governor blamed the fire on a drone strike amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
On 2 June 2023, Ukrainian sources reported several Su-34 combat aircraft located at the airport were damaged/destroyed, along with a single MiG-29 and a Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system. The information has not yet been verified independently.[9]
On 31 July 2024 the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck military storage near the airbase, causing fire detected by NASA's FIRMS.[10]
Airlines and destinations
RusLine provided limited scheduled commercial service to Moscow–Vnukovo as of 2018,[11] and to Saint Petersburg and Sochi as of 2019.[12] All commercial service at the airport was halted in February 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
Statistics
See also
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- List of airports in Russia
- List of military airbases in Russia
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References
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- ↑ Airport Kursk (Vostochny)
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External links
- Kursk Airport Official website Template:In lang
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- Current weather for UUOK at NOAA/NWS
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- 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO
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