Kursk Vostochny Airport

Kursk Vostochny Airport

Аэропорт Курск-Восточный
Kursk Vostochny Airport; Аэропорт Курск-Восточный;
	IATA: URS; ICAO: UUOK;
Summary
Airport type	Joint, Russian Air Force
Owner	Ministry of Defence; Russian Air Force
Operator	16th Air Army
Location	Kursk
Elevation AMSL	686 ft / 209 m
Coordinates	51°45′6″N 36°17′48″E / 51.75167°N 36.29667°E
Website	aerokursk.ru
Runways

Kursk Vostochny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Курск-Восточный) (IATA: URS, ICAO: UUOK),^[1] also known as Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia located 7 km east of Kursk. It is a medium-sized base 4 miles northeast of Kursk. Several alert pads, with civilian tarmac on other side of airfield.

Station history[]

Khalino was home to:

472 IAP (472nd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) from 4 October 1979 to 1998. Moved in from Orel, Orel Oblast, where it had been stationed from 1950 to 1979. Equipped with MiG-23P or S from 1979. Disbanded 1 May 1998. The 472nd IAP PVO was Military Unit No.61364.^[2]

It is currently home to:

14 IAP (14th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-29 (SMT/UBT) aircraft, having been relocated from Zherdevka (air base).^[3]

Airlines and destinations[]

Airlines	Destinations
RusLine	Moscow–Vnukovo,^[4] Saint Petersburg, Sochi^[5]

Statistics[]

Annual passenger traffic at UUOK airport. See source Wikidata query.

References[]

^ Airport Kursk (Vostochny)
^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
^ Авиакомпания "РусЛайн" меняет аэропорт базирования в Москве. www.rusline.aero (in Russian). Airline "RusLine". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ ""РусЛайн" откроет рейсы из Курска в Сочи". Interfax-Tourism. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

External links[]

Kursk Airport Official website (in Russian)
Airport information for UUOK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
Current weather for UUOK at NOAA/NWS
Accident history for URS at Aviation Safety Network
472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

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[1] Airport Kursk (Vostochny)

[2] "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.

[AirPower-3] Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.

[RusLineToVKO-4] Авиакомпания "РусЛайн" меняет аэропорт базирования в Москве. www.rusline.aero (in Russian). Airline "RusLine". Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[5] ""РусЛайн" откроет рейсы из Курска в Сочи". Interfax-Tourism. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

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