Coordinates: 45°52′43″N 40°06′19″E / 45.87861°N 40.10528°E / 45.87861; 40.10528

Tikhoretsk (air base)

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Tikhoretsk
Tikhoretsk, Krasnodar Krai in Russia
File:NASA FIRMS 2024-10-12 Tikhoretsk.png
Satellite imagery of Tikhoretsk air base
Site information
TypeAir Base
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Aerospace Forces
Location
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Site history
In use- present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: URKT
Elevation79 metres (259 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
08/26 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete
File:NASA FIRMS 2024-09-21 Tikhoretsk.png
NASA's FIRMS imagery shows fires at the airbase north of Tikhoretsk and at the rail yard west of and at the GRAU arsenal northwest of the town on 21 September 2024

Tikhoretsk is an airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces located near Tikhoretsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

The base is home to the 627th Training Aviation Regiment with the Aero L-39C Albatros as part of the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots.[1]

On 21 September 2024 the air base suffered fires after a Ukrainian drone attack that also destroyed a nearby GRAU arsenal.[2]

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