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Kursk Vostochny Airport Аэропорт Курск-Восточный
Satellite imagery of Khalino air base
IATA: URS ICAO: UUOK
Summary
Airport type	Civilian, Military
Owner	Russian Aerospace Forces
Operator	6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Location	Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia
Elevation AMSL	686 ft / 209 m
Coordinates	51°45′6″N 36°17′48″E / 51.75167°N 36.29667°E / 51.75167; 36.29667
Website	aerokursk.ru
Map
Kursk VostochnyShown within Kursk Oblast, RussiaShow map of Kursk OblastKursk VostochnyKursk Vostochny (Russia)Show map of Russia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 2,500 8,202 Concrete

Kursk Vostochny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Курск-Восточный) (IATA: URS, ICAO: UUOK), also known as Khalino airbase, Kursk-Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia, with a single 2,500 m (8,200 ft) runway located 7 km east of Kursk. It has been used for many decades as a military airbase and has had periods of time when it was also utilized as a commercial airport. It is located 4 miles northeast of Kursk and is considered a medium-sized base, with several alert pads. A civilian tarmac is located on the southern side of the airfield, which utilizes the common runway facilities.

History

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Khalino airbase was home to:

• 472nd Fighter 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 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23P (ASCC: Flogger) or S from 1979. Disbanded 1 May 1998.
• 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (14 Gv IAP) flying Mikoyan MiG-29 (SMT/UBT) (ASCC: Fulcrum) aircraft, having been relocated from Zherdevka (air base). Now part of the 105th Guards Mixed Aviation Division flying the Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO: Flanker-H).

All commercial flight activity at the airport was banned by Russian authorities at the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, starting at 03:45 on 24 February 2022.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 6 December 2022 the airport’s oil storage caught fire. The Kursk governor blamed the fire on a drone strike amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On 2 June 2023, Ukrainian sources reported several Su-34 combat aircraft located at the airport were damaged/destroyed, along with a single MiG-29 and a Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system. The information has not yet been verified independently.

On 31 July 2024 the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck military storage near the airbase, causing fire detected by NASA's FIRMS.

Airlines and destinations

RusLine provided limited scheduled commercial service to Moscow–Vnukovo as of 2018, and to Saint Petersburg and Sochi as of 2019. All commercial service at the airport was halted in February 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Statistics

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See also

• List of airports in Russia
• List of military airbases in Russia
• ru:472-й истребительный авиационный полк

References

1. Airport Kursk (Vostochny)
2. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
3. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
4. "Russian Air Force today - Russian Western Military District". Eastern Order of Battle. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
5. "14th Guards Leningradskiy Red Banner order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment im. Zhdanov". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
6. "Russian Air Force - Kursk/Vostochnyy (Khalino) (UUOK)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
7. ^ "Росавиация продлила закрытие аэропортов на юге России до 7 мая". newizv.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
8. ^ "Drone strikes oil tank at airfield in Russia's Kursk region". Reuters. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
9. "NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports)". Nitter. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
10. "Ukrainian Navy strikes at weapons depots on the outskirts of Kursk". Militarnyi. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
11. Авиакомпания "РусЛайн" меняет аэропорт базирования в Москве. www.rusline.aero (in Russian). Airline "RusLine". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
12. ""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

• Soviet Air Defence Force bases
• Russian Air Force bases
• Airports built in the Soviet Union
• Airports in Kursk Oblast