Berdiansk Airport
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Coordinates | 46°48′53″N 36°45′29″E / 46.81472°N 36.75806°E | ||||||||||
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Berdiansk Airport (Ukrainian: Аеропорт Бердянськ, Russian: Аэропорт Бердянск) (IATA: ERD, ICAO: UKDB) is an airport in Berdiansk, Ukraine. The airport is located 1.5 km (0.9 mi) north of the city.[1]
The airport is a former Soviet airbase, it was home to the:
- 292nd Independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare between 1979 and 1981 with the Mil Mi-8[2]
- 336th Independent Helicopter Regiment in 1978-79 with the Mil Mi-8 before being moved to join the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.[3]
- 29th Instructor Bomber Aviation Regiment (previously called the 29th Independent Training Aviation Regiment) between 1979 and 1992 with the Sukhoi Su-17, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 and Sukhoi Su-24[4]
- 163rd Training Aviation Regiment between 1971 and 1977 with the Beriev Be-12, part of the Voroshilovgrad Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators.[5]
As of 26 February 2022, the airport is under
Russian occupation.[6]
As of January 2023, the airport is being used by the Russian Armed Forces.[7]
On October 17, 2023, as part of
air defense systems.[10] The Ukrainians also claimed to have caused manpower losses, but it cannot be confirmed.[11]
Reportedly the attack destroyed nine Russian helicopters, an antiaircraft missile launcher, an ammunition warehouse and various special equipment.[12][13]
Incidents and accidents
- On 19 June 1987, tailwind in a heavy rain shower and touched down at high speed. A go-around was initiated, then aborted. The aircraft overran the runway, struck obstacles and caught fire, killing eight aboard. The aircraft was written off.[14]
- On 24 March 2022, Ukrainian forces struck the occupied airfield using OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missiles, which allegedly destroyed four Russian military aircraft (Two Su-30SM fighter jets, One Su-25 attack jet, One Il-76 transport aircraft)[15]
References
- ^ "Runways at Berdyansk Airport". ourairports.com. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "292nd independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "336th independent Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "29th Instructor Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "163rd Training Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Колишній аеропорт «Бердянськ» захопили росіяни" [The former Berdiansk airport was seized by the Russians]. UA.NEWS (in Ukrainian). 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Chaplynka 2.0". OSINT - Benjamin Pittet. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Operation "Dragonfly". Successful operation of the Ukrainian SOF to attack Berdyansk and Luhansk Airfields". X (formerly Twitter). Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Oryx. "Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine". Oryx. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Операція Dragonfly. ЗСУ знищили ворожі гелікоптери, ППО та спецтехніку під час атаки аеродромів у Бердянську та Луганську — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 17 October 2023. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Robert Greenall (17 October 2023). "Ukraine 'destroys Russian helicopters in Berdyansk and Luhansk'". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Greenall, Robert; Partridge, Chris (17 October 2023). "Ukraine uses US-supplied ATACMS for the first time, says Zelensky". BBC News.
- Washington Post. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Yak-40 Incident". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ Miller, Christopher (25 March 2022). "The War in Ukraine: One Day at a Time". The New York Times.