Kyurdamir Air Base
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Kyurdamir Air Base | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Azerbaijani Air and Air Defense Force | ||
| Location | Kyurdamir, Azerbaijan | ||
| Elevation AMSL | -35 ft / -11 m | ||
| Coordinates | 40°16′24″N 048°09′48″E / 40.27333°N 48.16333°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 08/26 | 2,499 | 8,200 | Concrete |
| Source: DAFIF[1] | |||
Kyurdamir Air Base is a military airbase in Kyurdamir (also known as Kurdamir or Kürdəmir (Кюрдамир)), the capital of the Kurdamir district (rayon) in Azerbaijan.
At the end of the 1980s the 976 Bomber Aviation Regiment Инстербургский flying Sukhoi Su-24 and Sukhoi Su-17 aircraft was based at Kyurdamir.[2] The regiment, which was descended from the 976th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the World War II period, was part of the 34th Air Army of the Soviet Air Forces.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
- ^ Feskov, V.I.; K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov. (2004). The Soviet Army in the Years of the 'Cold War' (1945-1991). Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. p. 144. ISBN 5-7511-1819-7.
 |
This article about a European airport is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a building or structure in Azerbaijan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
