Petrozavodsk Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Petrozavodsk Airport
nativename =
nativename-a = Аэропорт Петрозаводск
nativename-r = Petroskoin lendoazema

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IATA = PES
ICAO = ULPB
type = Military/civil
owner =
operator = Russian Air Force
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location = Petrozavodsk
elevation-f = 151
elevation-m = 46
coordinates = Coord|61|53|6|N|034|9|24|E|type:airport|display=inline,title
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metric-rwy =
r1-number = 02/20
r1-length-f = 8,202
r1-length-m = 2,500
r1-surface = Concrete
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Petrozavodsk Airport ( _ru. Аэропорт Петрозаводск, _kr. Petroskoin lendoazema; airport codes|PES|ULPB; ex: Besovets, Petrozavodsk-2) is a joint civil-military in Russia located 12 km northwest of Petrozavodsk. It services small airliners. It is a minor airfield with 12 parking stands and a small amount of tarmac space.

The airfield has seen military use as an interceptor base. During the 1960s or 1970s Sukhoi Su-15 aircraft were based at Besovets. During the 1970s it was home to the 991 IAP (991st Interceptor Aviation Regiment), which flew MiG-25 Foxbat aircraft. In 1992-93, the 159 IAP (159th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) transferred in from Poland, having left the 4th Air Army. [Hans Nijhuis and Robert Senkowski, 'Farewell Poland!,' Air International, January 1993] It flys the Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft and is now part of the 54th Air Defence Corps, 6th Air Army.

Airlines and destinations

*Severstal Aircompany (Cherepovets, Helsinki)
*UTair Aviation (Moscow-Vnukovo, Sochi, Anapa)
*Aeroflot-Nord (Solovki, Arkhagelsk)

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