Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport

Chelyabinsk Shagol
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Joint
Location		Chelyabinsk
Elevation AMSL		830 ft / 253 m
Coordinates		55°15′36″N 061°18′0″E / 55.26°N 61.3°E / 55.26; 61.3Coordinates: 55°15′36″N 061°18′0″E / 55.26°N 61.3°E / 55.26; 61.3
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	8,202	2,500	Concrete

Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport (also Bakal) is an airport in Russia located in the northwest part of Chelyabinsk. It was the first airport in Chelyabinsk, but now all passenger service is carried out by Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport, and Shagol Airport is used by the local pilots training school, the Chelyabinsk Red Banner Military Aviation Institute of Navigators. In August 2007 it was used in military exercises of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. It was a military bomber training base during the Cold War and had about 35 Tupolev Tu-134 UBL's based as recently as 1995. High-resolution satellite imagery from Google Earth shows 41 Tu-134UBLs and a few An-24 aircraft and helicopters.

Kommersant-Vlast indicated in 2005 that the 239 Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment was based here.

External links

Photos of the aircraft stationed in the airport

• http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Tupolev-Tu-134Sh/1454827/L/&sid=b57c171a46587b04f302038e573b9f2b
• http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Tupolev-Tu-134UBL/1517763/L/&sid=b57c171a46587b04f302038e573b9f2b
• http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Tupolev-Tu-134UBL/1428355/L/&sid=b57c171a46587b04f302038e573b9f2b
• http://www.airliners.net/photo/Russia---Air/Tupolev-Tu-134UBL/1386986/L/&sid=b57c171a46587b04f302038e573b9f2b

One of the Tu-134UBL based at the airport and used by the pilots' school for training.