Kamenny Ruchey

Kamenny Ruchey
IATA: none – ICAO: UHKG
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Russian Navy
Location		Sovetskaya Gavan
Elevation AMSL		659 ft / 201 m
Coordinates		49°14′0″N 140°11′36″E / 49.233333°N 140.19333°E / 49.233333; 140.19333Coordinates: 49°14′0″N 140°11′36″E / 49.233333°N 140.19333°E / 49.233333; 140.19333
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	11,237	3,425	Concrete

Historical image of Kamenny Ruchey from June 1987 shortly after the peak of the Cold War (click to enlarge). Source: NGA Geoengine.

Kamenny Ruchey (also Mongokhto, Alekseyevka, and Mongohto) (Russian: Монгохто, Каменный Ручей) (ICAO: UHKG) is an air base in Russia located 29 km north of Sovetskaya Gavan. Located just north of Vanino, this is a major military airfield that has 63 hardened areas. The airfield is designated by CAICA as Kamenny Ruchey, but Russian topographic maps indicate the nearby settlement northeast of the airfield is Mongokhto, which is also synonymous with the military base. The airfield was a joint Soviet Navy and PVO Air Defense base, home to 308 IAP (308th Interceptor Aircraft Regiment) flying MiG-23MLD, the 183 MRAP (183rd Naval Missile-carrying Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-22M, and 310 OPLAP (310th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-142 aircraft. The 89 MRAD (89th Naval Aviation Division) was probably located here.

The airbase was completed in 1953. During the 1970s it was one of the largest bases in the Soviet Far East, with 8000 residents in Mongokhto. The Navy nuclear weapons storage is either at this airfield or at Maygatka. In 1997 50 family members blocked the runway over back wages.

A high-res Google image from around 2000 showed 19 Tupolev Tu-22M and 14 Tupolev Tu-142 aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Social Portrait of settlement Mongokhto (Russian)
• Vanino Transportation Network (Russian)
• Mongokhto website (Russian) - for former residents