Migalovo

Tver Migalovo
IATA: KLD – ICAO: UUEM
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Russian Air Force
Location		Tver
Elevation AMSL		469 ft / 143 m
Coordinates		56°49′30″N 035°45′36″E / 56.825°N 35.76°E / 56.825; 35.76Coordinates: 56°49′30″N 035°45′36″E / 56.825°N 35.76°E / 56.825; 35.76
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
07/25	8,202	2,500	Concrete

Migalovo (also given as Tver Migalovo, Kalinin) (IATA: KLD, ICAO: UUEM) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 10 km west of Tver. It is a large military airlift base. It currently houses all of Russia's remaining Antonov An-22 fleet. It is an Ilyushin Il-76 base, with some Antonov An-12 aircraft stored.

Some of the units that made Migalovo home were:

• 8 VTAP (8th Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying An-12 and An-22^[1].
• 196 VTAP (196th Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Il-76 ^[2].
• 224 LO VTA (224th Transport Aviation) flying Il-76 and An-124 ^ibid.
• 2 TSNII (2nd Central Scientific Research and Test Institute of the Ministry of Defense) ^ibid.
• 274 APIB (274th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17C. Disbanded 1993.^[3]

References

1. ^ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sssr-89-91/vvs/add.htm. 
2. ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc. 
3. ^ http://www.strizhi.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1174753071