UA-3730
Okhtyrka Air Base
VFR
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Name
Okhtyrka Air Base
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ICAO
UA-3730
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
12:13 pm (EET)
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Municipality
Okhtyrka
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Coordinates
50° 18′ 21″ N 35° 1′ 12″ E
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Elevation
489 ft (149 m MSL)
About Okhtyrka Air Base
Okhtyrka was a military aviation training air base in Ukraine located 8 km east of Okhtyrka city in Sumy Oblast. Operated by the Soviet Air Forces and then the Ukrainian Air Force, it was home to the 809th Aviation Training Regiment, flying 102 L-39C aircraft.
From 1961 - 1992 the regiment was part of the Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots.
The base ceased operations in 2004.