Orlovka (air base)

For the town in Kyrgyzstan, see Orlovka, Kyrgyzstan.

Orlovka
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Vernoye
Elevation AMSL	850 ft / 259 m
Coordinates	51°15′48″N 128°43′12″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8,202 2,500 Concrete

Orlovka (also given as Orlovke or Vernoye) is an interceptor aircraft base in Amur Oblast, Russia located 8 km north of Vernoye, in the Svobodny, Amur Oblast area. It is a hardened airfield with a large central tarmac area.

Units stationed at Orlovka include:

• 404 IAP (404th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with MiG-23P and then Su-27. It was commissioned in 1974 and decommissioned in 2000. The 404 IAP was dissolved into 23 IAP at Dzemgi.
• 41 IAP (41st Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with the MiG-29 starting in 1987.