Tunoshna Airport
Tunoshna Аэропорт Туношна | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Yaroslavl | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 285 ft / 87 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°33′38.40″N 040°9′26.53″E / 57.5606667°N 40.1573694°E | ||||||||||
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Tunoshna (also Tunoshnoye, or Tunoschna) (Russian: Аэропорт Туношна) (IATA: IAR, ICAO: UUDL) is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia located 18 km southeast of Yaroslavl. It services medium-sized airliners. It doesn't serve any regular line.
During the Cold War it was a key interceptor aircraft base. It was home to 415 IAP (415th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft during the 1980s and 1990s[1]. This unit was decommissioned in 1992 and the planes were sent to Rzhev.
Accidents and incidents
On September 7, 2011, a Yak-42 carrying the hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslav to Minsk crashed on take-off from Tunoshna, killing at least 34 of the 37 occupants. [2]
References
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- ^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ^ http://avherald.com/h?article=4428da13&opt=0
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