Gorelovo (air base)

Coordinates: 59°46′5.6″N 030°3′46.6″E / 59.768222°N 30.062944°E / 59.768222; 30.062944
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General aviation apron at Gorelovo airfield at Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
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Gorelovo
  • AMSL
190 ft / 58 m
Coordinates59°46′5.6″N 030°3′46.6″E / 59.768222°N 30.062944°E / 59.768222; 30.062944
Websitehttp://maps.aopa.ru/id/XLLE
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 8,200 2,500 Concrete

Gorelovo (Russian: Горелово) is a former military aerodrome. It's located 23 kilometers (14 mi) southwest of Saint Petersburg city center, and 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) west of Pulkovo Airport. Right now[when?] it is a developing place for general aviation and a take-off site for the "419th helicopter repair plant", which is located at the eastern part of the runway. Internal Russian index code for this airfield is XLLE.

History

Gorelovo was originally built in 1938 to house parts of the

air defense system for Leningrad (Saint Petersburg).[citation needed] In 1952, the 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was also based at Gorelovo until June 21, 1965, when the regiment was disbanded.[1]

In May 1969, the 29th Guards Fighter Aviation Volkhov Regiment was disbanded, and the airfield was transferred to the 419th Aircraft Repair Plant, and part of the regiment's premises was occupied by the Leningrad Higher Military-Political School of the

An-12 heading to airfields in the Baltic Military District. Gorelovo was renamed Annino after another adjacent village in Leningrad Oblast and briefly used by the Russian Air Force before falling out of military use. Today, the airfield is used by aircraft enthusiasts for mostly light aircraft, and houses one of only three airworthy Ilyushin Il-14s
.

References

  1. ^ "11th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  2. ^ "Leningrad Higher Military Political School". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2020-06-29.


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