Khanskaya (air base)

Khanskaya Maykop
Maykop, Adygea in Russia
Satellite imagery of Khanskaya air base
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Coordinates	44°40′48″N 40°02′18″E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Site history
In use	- present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: URKH
Elevation	183 metres (600 ft) 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]

As of October 2024^[update] Khanskaya air base was reportedly home to the 272nd Training Aviation Regiment.[3]

NASA's FIRMS detected fire at Khanskaya air base on 9 October 2024 23:24:00 (UTC)

On 10 October 2024, a Ukrainian drone attack targeted the Khanskaya airbase causing a fire detected by NASA's FIRMS.[3]

See also

• List of military airbases in Russia

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.
3. Abbey Fenbert (2024-10-10). "Drones hit military airfield in Russia's Republic of Adygea, Russian media claims". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 2024-10-10.