Bolshoye Savino Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Bolshoye Savino Airport
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nativename-a = Аэропорт Большое Савино
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IATA = PEE
ICAO = USPP
type = Military/Public
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operator = Perm Airlines
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elevation-f = 123
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r1-number = 03/21
r1-length-f = 10,518
r1-length-m = 3,206
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Bolshoye Savino Airport ( _ru. Аэропорт Большое Савино) airport codes|PEE|USPP is an airfield in Perm Krai, Russia located 16 km southwest of Perm. It is a joint civil-military airfield with a small number of fighter and bomber pads. It is operated by 764 IAP (764th Interceptor Aviation Regiment), the only regiment of combat aviation in the 5th Army of VVS and PVO's area (and successor of the 4th Army of PVO in the USSR). However, according to Air Forces Monthly, July 2007, the 764th Regiment reports directly to Russian Air Force headquarters.

Construction of Bolshoye Savino took place in 1952 under the personal control of Marshal Zhukov, who was exiled by Stalin after World War II into the Urals to take command of the Ural Military District. On May 1, 1960 the pilots of 764 IAP Boris Ajvazyan and Sergey Safronov were involved in the interception of the United States U-2 spy aircraft; unfortunately Safronov, piloting a MiG-19, was shot down by friendly fire and died [cite web| title = I Have Brought Down Major Powers (Russian) | publisher = Combatavia.Info. | url = http://combatavia.info/razvl61.html ] .

The year 1965 marked a major change in the airfield's operation. Bolshoye Savino became a joint civil airport, servicing medium-sized airliners, now with 39 parking spots near terminal and cargo area.

During the Cold War the airfield operated up to 38 MiG-25 interceptors, with a number of Yak-25, and Yak-28 aircraft and received modern MiG-31s in 1991 [cite web| title = Aviatsiya PVO | publisher = Aviabaza KPOI. | url = http://airbase.ru/squad/russia/avpvo/ ] . In 2002, the runway was lengthened from 2,500 to 3,200 meters.

Airlines and destinations

*Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
**Aeroflot-Nord (Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg)
*KD Avia (Kaliningrad)
*KrasAir (Nizhni Novgorod, Norilsk)
*Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
*Orenburg Airlines (Orenburg)
*Perm Airlines (Russian: Пермские авиалинии) Perm, Russia,Moscow-Domodedovo
*S7 Airlines (Adler/Sochi, Anapa, Dushanbe, Khudzhand, Moscow-Domodedovo, St. Petersburg, Yerevan)
*Sibaviatrans (Norilsk)
*Sky Express (Moscow-Vnukovo)
*UTair Aviation (Syktyvkar)
*Volga Aviaexpress (Belgorod, Norilsk, Volgograd)

Accidents

* Aeroflot Flight 821, operated by Aeroflot-Nord in a service agreement with Aeroflot, [" [http://www.aeroflot.ru/eng/about.aspx?ob_no=549&d_no=11497 14 September 2008] ." "Aeroflot". Accessed 14 September 2008.] crashed on approach in rainy weather on September 14, 2008, killing all 88 people on board. [ [http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5n82mQKM3elWCDfl_6mM8GnSjpg ukpress.google.com, Plane crash kills all on board] ] [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/world/europe/15russia.html Russian Plane Crashes, Killing 88] ]

References

External links

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* NOAA/NWS [http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/USPP.html current] weather observations
* ASN [http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=pee Accident history for USPP]
* [http://www.vko.ru/article.asp?pr_sign=archive.2005.23.123 60th Anniversary of the 4th PVO Army] - Russian but contains information on airfield history