RU-0066
Severomorsk-2 Naval Air Base
VFR
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Name
Severomorsk-2 Naval Air Base
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ICAO
RU-0066
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
4:55 am (MSK)
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Municipality
Severomorsk
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Coordinates
69° 0′ 53″ N 33° 17′ 30″ E
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Elevation
253 ft (77 m MSL)
About Severomorsk-2 Naval Air Base
Severomorsk-2 (also Safonovo-1 (USSR), Murmansk Northeast (US)) is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 7 km southwest of Severomorsk and just 11 km northeast of Murmansk.
The primary operator of Severomorsk-2 (after 1965 Safonvo-1) was 403 ODLAP (403rd Independent Long Range Aviation Regiment) operating Beriev Be-12PS search and rescue aircraft. It is a relatively small airfield compared to nearby Severomorsk-1, and was shut down in 1998.
The base was home to the:
38th Independent Shipborne Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment between 1981 and 1993. 912th Independent Transport Aviation Regiment until 1960 830th Independent Shipborne Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment between 1960 and 2001. 524th Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF between 1952 and 1960.In mid-2022, Admiral Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev announced that the air base would be reconstructed.