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Closed?
This airfield appears to have been abandoned
re: Closed?
I don't know enough about drag racing to know what to look for in the satellite pic. Certainly, I don't see proper runway markings.
Closed?
Based on Google Earth image this airport appear to be used for drag racing now.
Derevyannoe
Probably closed.
Lovozero
Now civil airport for small planes and helicopters.
UWUU
RUNWAY 14L---108.30---141ΒΊ
USRK
RUNWAY 17---108.50---173ΒΊ
Reopened
The airfield reopened for light airplanes.
UUEE
RUNWAY 07L---108.10---066ΒΊ
UHWW
RUNWAY 07L---VFR---070ΒΊ
UIII
RUNWAY 12---110.30---115ΒΊ
ULMM
RUNWAY 32---108.50---314ΒΊ
Life of the airfield
The airfield was established in 1910, closed in 1963.
Closed
Rzhevka is closed since 2006 year.
looking for one of your test pilot
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re: Double mark
Done -- there's just one Kasimovo Air Base now.
Double mark
Sorry, I have duplicate mark for this airfield. Remove it please, when possible.
Khankala
Reopened is Grozny North (see photo in "New York Times"). This mark is Khankala military base.
re: Uncle
Thanks -- I've corrected the name, and updated the Wikipedia link.
Uncle
Correct name of this airbase is Kilpyavr (or Kilp-Yavr).
Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
This is the home airport of the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association, one of the largest aircraft manufacturing complexes in Russia. It is closed to the public.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronezh_Aircraft_Production_Association
Disputed territory
This airport is operated by the Russians as part of their claim on the disputed Kuril Islands, near Japan.
Once a busy airport
This was a busy regional passenger airport during the Soviet era, but fell on hard times afterwards, and stopped operations about 10 years ago.
Calls for customs
There are calls for the airport to add customs services and accept international flights, so that passengers can fly directly to Chechnya, without having to pass through Moscow:
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/2880035
Reopened in spring, 2007
This airport was in ruins after the Chechan war, but it was repaired after the fighting died down, and was reopened for scheduled service in spring 2007. There's still occasional violence in Chechnya, but airplanes no longer have to spiral down from directly above the airport to avoid rocket fire. Here's a story from fall 2007:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/world/europe/11chechyna.html?_r=1&ref=europe
Under construction
There is a lot of construction underway at Sheremetyevo, including a new terminal and a new runway:
ICAO code conflict
π Thu, 27 Aug 2009
β Anonymous Flyer at Volgodonsk Airport, Russia
Unless this code exist in official ICAO database I think it should be changed to URRA. The Russian code is Π£Π Π Π―, which would translate to URRYA.
Reason for this is that Zavetnoe about 100 miles SE has Π£Π Π Π« which translates directly to URRY.