UUWV Klokovo Airfield VFR

  • Name
    Klokovo Airfield
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    UUWV / TYA / UUBT
  • Type
  • Region
  • Timezone
    11:30 am (MSK)
  • Municipality
    Tula
  • Coordinates
    54° 14′ 20″ N 37° 36′ 0″ E
  • 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.

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