Khanskaya (air base)
Khanskaya Maykop | |||||||
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Maykop, Adygea in Russia | |||||||
Coordinates | 44°40′48″N 040°02′18″E / 44.68000°N 40.03833°E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
In use | - present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: URKH | ||||||
Elevation | 183 metres (600 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Khanskaya (ICAO: URKH) is a Russian Aerospace Forces air base located on the north-west of Maykop, Russia. The airport was used also for civil aviation up to 2009.
The base is home to the 761st Training Aviation Regiment which flies the Aero L-39C Albatros under the 783rd Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel.[1]
The regiment moved here during 1991.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Russian Air Force - Maykop (URKM)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "761st Polotskiy orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Training Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 6 December 2022.