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Severomorsk 1

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Airport type
  
Military

Elevation AMSL
  
73 m / 239 ft

3,000
  
9,842

Elevation
  
73 m

Location
  
Severomorsk

14/32
  
3,000

9,842
  
Concrete

Operator
  
Russian Navy

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Severomorsk-1 (ICAO: ULAK), formerly known as Vayenga-1, is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 4 km south of Severomorsk (formerly called Vayenga). It one of the largest airfields on the Kola Peninsula, second only to Olenya. It can accommodate over 40 bombers and a small number of fighters.

The main operating unit was 967 MRAP (967th Naval Air Reconnaissance Regiment) operating Tupolev Tu-22M and Tupolev Tu-16 aircraft, and 24 OPLAPDD (24th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment) operating Ilyushin Il-38 aircraft.

References

Severomorsk-1 Wikipedia