Sharomy (air base)

Sharomy
Sharomy
	IATA: none; ICAO: XHPN;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Sharomy
Elevation AMSL	489 ft / 149 m
Coordinates	54°17′36″N 158°9′6″E / 54.29333°N 158.15167°ECoordinates: 54°17′36″N 158°9′6″E�� / 54.29333°N 158.15167°E
Runways

Sharomy (Russian: Шаромы) (also referred to as Sheromy) is a Naval air base in Kamchatka Krai, Russia located about 143 km north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Sharomy contains hardstands for 12 bombers and 3 fighters.^[1] It is believed to serve as a dispersal airfield for Soviet Naval Aviation, and may also be a staging airfield for Long Range Aviation.

The US intelligence community noted the first appearance of military aircraft at the airfield in September 1967, when three Tupolev Tu-16 were identified on KH-4 satellite imagery.^[2] The same report listed the airfield as having a 9950 x 250 ft (3000 x 75 m) graded earth runway and limited support facilities, however the runway was paved and the airfield expanded in the late 1960s or 1970s.

A US intelligence report noted a Naval Aviation Tu-16K Badger-G at the airfield in 1979.^[3]

Satellite imagery from early 2018 showed that the runway is plowed in the wintertime, indicating the base remains operational or in caretaker status.

References[]

^ RussianAirFields.com
^ CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC, CIA-RDP78B03817A000800040051-7, Top Secret.
^ Annual Index to Photographic Exploitation Products, January–December 1979, February 1980, CIA-RDP80T00913A000200010001-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

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[1] RussianAirFields.com

[2] CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC, CIA-RDP78B03817A000800040051-7, Top Secret.

[3] Annual Index to Photographic Exploitation Products, January–December 1979, February 1980, CIA-RDP80T00913A000200010001-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

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