- Kilpyarv
Infobox Airport
name = Kilpyavr
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type = Military
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operator =Russian Air Force
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location = Murmansk
elevation-f = 305
elevation-m = 93
coordinates = Coord|69|5|48|N|032|24|30|E|type:airport|display=inline,title
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r1-number = 03/21
r1-length-f = 8202
r1-length-m = 2500
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footnotes =Kilpyavr (also appearing in many different forms as Kilpajärvi, Kilp-Yavr, Kil'p-Yar, Kilp-Yar, Kilpyarvi, Polyarn'y, Polyarnyy) is a military air base in
Murmansk Oblast ,Russia located 30 km northwest ofMurmansk . It is a small interceptor base operated by 941 IAP (941st Interceptor Aviation Regiment). Kilpyavr operatedMiG-19 ,Su-9 , and MiG-23M aircraft, and upgraded toSu-27 aircraft in 1985. Polyarny is also the name of an airfield at Yakutsk. Google Earth high-resolution satellite imagery dating to around March 2007 showed 37 interceptor aircraft on the tarmac.
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