Pribylovo, Leningrad Oblast
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Navy | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 131 ft / 40 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°27′30″N 028°44′48″E / 60.45833°N 28.74667°E | ||||||||||
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Pribylovo (also Klyuchevoye, Finnish: Makslahti) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the eastern shore of the Bay of Vyborg.
The settlement hosts an air base and a naval military airfield with ten medium-sized and twelve large revetments. The airfield guards the approach to Saint Petersburg from Helsinki, Finland.[1] Pribylovo is also a station of the Primorsk-Vyborg railroad.