Chkalovsky Airport

Chkalovsky Airport Чкаловский (аэропорт)
IATA: CKL – ICAO: UUMU
Summary
Airport type		Military
Owner/Operator		Russian Air Force
Serves		Moscow
Elevation AMSL		499 ft / 152 m
Coordinates		55°52′42″N 038°03′42″E / 55.87833°N 38.06167°E / 55.87833; 38.06167
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
12R/30L	3,000	9,842	Concrete
Source: Aviapages.ru[1]

Chkalovsky Airport (IATA: CKL^[2], ICAO: UUMU^[1]), is a military airport base near Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located 31 km northeast of Moscow.

Chkalovsky provides air support for Star City, Russia, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center, and other elements of the Soviet space program and Russian Federal Space Agency. It is also a major transport base, with the 8th Special Purpose Aviation Division (since 2009-10, the 6991st Air Base) operating the Antonov An-12, An-72, Tupolev Tu-154, Ilyushin Il-76, and Il-86VKP. Chkalovsky received USSR's first Il-76K for cosmonaut training on 23 July 1977.

The airport name is also given as Chkalovskoye. The facility should not be confused with Kaliningrad Chkalovsk airfield or Omsk Chkalovsk airfield.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Russian) "ЧКАЛОВСКИЙ (ИКАО: УУМУ) / CHKALOVSKY (ICAO: UUMU)". Aviapages.ru. http://www.aviapages.ru/airports/85893111011271464.shtml. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 
2. ^ Accident history for CKL at Aviation Safety Network