ULLP
Pushkin Airport
VFR
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Name
Pushkin Airport
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ICAO / GPS
ULLP / ULLP
- Type
- Region
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Timezone
11:05 pm (MSK)
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Municipality
St. Petersburg
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Coordinates
59° 41′ 6″ N 30° 20′ 17″ E
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Elevation
230 ft (70 m MSL)
About Pushkin Airport
Pushkin Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Пушкин) (ICAO: ULLP) is an airport in Leningrad Oblast, Russia located 28 km south of Saint Petersburg. It handles small airliners. It was home to 147 OVZ RZB regiment flying Mil Mi-8 helicopters and contains Ilyushin Il-18, Ilyushin Il-22, and Ilyushin Il-38 aircraft.
The base is home to the 332nd Guards Independent Helicopter Regiment as part of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.
On April 15, 1946, the 405th Air Defence Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 36th Air Defense Fighter Division was relocated to the airfield from the Warsaw airfield on La-5 aircraft. The regiment became part of the 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps. On June 5, 1946, the regiment was disbanded.
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