BY-0001 Orsha Airport – Balbasovo Air Base MVFR

  • Name
    Orsha Airport – Balbasovo Air Base
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    BY-0001 / TXC / UMIO
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    9:21 pm (MSK)
  • Municipality
    Orsha
  • Coordinates
    54° 26′ 23″ N 30° 17′ 48″ E
  • Elevation
    620 ft (189 m MSL)

About Orsha Airport – Balbasovo Air Base

Orsha Airport (previously named Balbasovo Airbase, given as Balbasava, Bolbasovo, Orsha Southwest, and Orsha) is a commercial airport in Belarus, located 11 km southwest of Orsha. It has a long runway, large tarmac area, a terminal building, 3 commercial remote stands, and 30 large revetments. A remote revetment area contains 5 bomber pads and probably 5 fighter pads.

The airport is also home to the Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant (OARP).

It was home to the 402nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (402 TBAP) flying Tupolev Tu-22M3 (ASCC: Backfire) aircraft as recently as 1993. The 402 TBAP was part of the 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division at Soltsy-2.

Its IATA code TXC was assigned in late 2021, in preparation of taking up commercial air transport operations.

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