BY-3111
Zhurzhevo Air Base
MVFR
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Name
Zhurzhevo Air Base
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ICAO
BY-3111
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
9:56 pm (MSK)
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Municipality
Vitebsk
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Coordinates
55° 15′ 18″ N 30° 14′ 48″ E
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Elevation
636 ft (194 m MSL)
About Zhurzhevo Air Base
Vitebsk (also Vitebsk Northeast or Andronovichi) is a former air base in northern Belarus located 8 km northeast of the city of Vitebsk. It was a small airfield complex with a large single tarmac. In Soviet times it was home to the 339th Military Air Transport Regiment (339 VTAP) flying 32 Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jets as well as Antonov An-22 planes.
The regiment was disbanded in 1996.