UUOR
Oryol Yuzhny Airport
VFR
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Name
Oryol Yuzhny Airport
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ICAO
UUOR
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- Region
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Timezone
10:05 pm (MSK)
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Municipality
Orel
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Coordinates
52° 56′ 4″ N 36° 0′ 7″ E
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Elevation
656 ft (200 m MSL)
About Oryol Yuzhny Airport
Yuzhny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Южный) (IATA: OEL, ICAO: UUOR) is an airport in Russia located 6 km southwest of Oryol. It services small transports and has a considerable general aviation presence.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was a military airbase, with the based 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (PVO) flying respectively the Yak-17, MiG-15, MiG-17 and MiG-19.