UUWV
Klokovo Airfield
VFR
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Name
Klokovo Airfield
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
UUWV / TYA / UUBT
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- Region
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Timezone
8:10 pm (MSK)
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Municipality
Tula
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Coordinates
54° 14′ 20″ N 37° 36′ 0″ E
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Elevation
499 ft (152 m MSL)
About Klokovo Airfield
Klokovo (Russian: Клоково) (IATA: TYA) is an air base in Russia on north fringe of Tula. It has been home to 374 OVTAP (374th Independent Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Ilyushin Il-76 (ASCC: Candid) and Antonov An-22 (ASCC: Cock) large cargo planes, of the 12th Military Transport Aviation Division "Mginskaya Red Banner".
A scholastic regiment of Tambov military aircraft school (Aero L-29 Delfín (ASCC: Maya)) was based there. The runway was used by the military together with a civil airport, which closed in 1992.
The base was used by the 374th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment between 1946 and 1975 and is currently home to the 490th Independent Helicopter Regiment.