Salka Aerodrome

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Salka
Салка
Near Nizhny Tagil in Russia
Aerodrome check-point
Salka Location in Sverdlovsk Oblast Show map of Sverdlovsk Oblast Salka Salka (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	57°59′18″N 060°14′6″E / 57.98833°N 60.23500°E / 57.98833; 60.23500
Type	experimental
Site information
Owner	Russian Federation, Ministry of Industry and Trade
Operator	Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metal Testing
Controlled by	Flight Test Base of the Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metal Testing
Condition	operational
Website	www.ntiim.ru (in Russian)
Site history
Built	1953 (1953)
Events	Cold War Russian Expo Arms
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: none, ICAO: none, LID: ЬССН (in Russian)
Elevation	270 metres (886 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Salka Aerodrome (also Nizhny Tagil Salka) is an aerodrome in Russia located 17 km northeast of Nizhny Tagil. Until 1994 the airfield was home to the 765th Fighter Aviation Regiment (765 IAP) initially operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s.^[1] The regiment replaced it in 1980 with the MiG-23P (Flogger-G).^[1] From 1964-1994, the regiment was part of the 20th Air Defence Corps of the 4th Independent Air Defence Army. The 765 IAP was disbanded in 1994.

Currently the airfield used as experimental aerodrome operated by the Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metal Testing.^[2]

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