RU-7847
Ukkurey Air Base
UNK
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Name
Ukkurey Air Base
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ICAO
RU-7847
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
8:03 am (YAKT)
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Municipality
Chernysevsk
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Coordinates
52° 19′ 59″ N 116° 49′ 58″ E
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Elevation
1’900 ft (579 m MSL)
About Ukkurey Air Base
Ukurey (also Komsomolsk and Areda) is an air base in Chitinskaja Oblast, Russia located 24 km southwest of Chernyshevsk. It is a medium-size base with 2 parallel taxiways, tarmacs, and 12 revetments. From 1967-93, it hosted a Military Transport Aviation regiment, from 1989 with Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft.
It was home to 193 Gv ORAP (193rd Guards Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-25RB, Yak-27, and Yak-28R aircraft in the 1980s. The regiment was disbanded in 1989.