Ramenskoye Airport

Ramenskoye Airport
Ramenskoye Airport
Аэропорт Раменское
IATA: none – ICAO: UUBW
Summary
Airport type Military
Serves Moscow
Elevation AMSL 377 ft / 115 m
Coordinates 55°33′12″N 038°9′0″E / 55.55333°N 38.15°E / 55.55333; 38.15
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 17,726 5,403 Concrete
08/26 9,673 2,949 Concrete

Ramenskoye Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Раменское) (ICAO: UUBW), also known as Ramenskoye Airfield or Zhukovsky Airfield, is an airport in Moscow Oblast, Russia located 40 km southeast of Moscow and near the town of Ramenskoye. It serves as a major aircraft testing facility since the Cold War years with the majority of the major Russian OKBs having facilities on the airfield. It is also now used by the Ministry of Emergency Situations and cargo transportation. This airfield was also used as a test site for the Soviet Buran Spacecraft.[1]

The airfield is a part of Gromov Flight Research Institute and hosts the biennial MAKS Airshow.

Ramenskoye Airport is also home to the world's second longest public-use runway, at 17,726 ft (5,403 m).

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Public jet fighter flights

Until June 2006, flights in jet fighters for the public have been available, also to international customers. The following doubleseater jets were available for public flights on Zhukovsky: Aero L-39 Albatros, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Flogger, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat, for Edge of Space flights, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum and Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker.[2] Since June 2006, no public flights are available in Zhukovsky, although it has been said since then that the flights will be available again. Today jetflights in Aero L-39 Albatros are possible in Russia with the team Vyazma Rus[3], flights with the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 Foxhound have been available on Sokol Airfield. At the moment, only the MiG-29 is available for flights.[4]

Development

On March, 29, 2011, Russian prime-minister Vladimir Putin proposed to move all charter and low-cost flights to Ramenskoye Airport, to reduce Moscow's Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports and reduce the cost of tickets[5].

References

  1. ^ Documentation AKC Full Scale Stand of Equipment (FSSE) and Piloting Dynamic Stand for Training (PDST)
  2. ^ http://www.migflug.com
  3. ^ http://www.vyazmarus.com
  4. ^ http://www.flyfighterjet.com/fly-mig-29-russia-sokol-nizhniy-novgorod-moscow/
  5. ^ Aviaport digest (in Russian)

External links

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