BY-0004 Borovtsy Air Base VFR

  • Name
    Borovtsy Air Base
  • ICAO
    BY-0004
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    1:59 pm (MSK)
  • Municipality
    Polatsk
  • Coordinates
    55° 36′ 29″ N 28° 40′ 41″ E
  • Elevation
    456 ft (139 m MSL)

About Borovtsy Air Base

Borovitsy (also Borovitsi, Polotsk Northwest, and Borovtsy) is an air base in Belarus, located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) northwest of Polotsk. It has a sprawling taxiway area and pads for about 40 aircraft. During the Soviet era, it was home to the 24th Guards Military Transport Aviation Regiment 1946-1956, but by the 1980s it was served only by the 276th Independent Helicopter Regiment (276th OVP) flying Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters.

In the 1980s the 276th Independent Helicopter Regiment was part of the 26th Air Army in 1986; then the 5th Guards independent Army Corps 1982-88, then the 7th Tank Army 1988-92.

The regiment was taken over by Belarus in 1992, reorganised, then disestablished in 2002.

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