Khanskaya (air base)

Coordinates: 44°40′48″N 040°02′18″E / 44.68000°N 40.03833°E / 44.68000; 40.03833
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Khanskaya
Maykop
AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
04/22 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Khanskaya (ICAO: URKH) is a Russian Aerospace Forces air base located on the north-west of Maykop, Russia. The airport was used also for civil aviation up to 2009.

The base is home to the 761st Training Aviation Regiment which flies the Aero L-39C Albatros under the 783rd Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel.[1]

The regiment moved here during 1991.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Russian Air Force - Maykop (URKM)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  2. ^ "761st Polotskiy orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Training Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 6 December 2022.