Michurinsk (air base)

Michurinsk
IATA: none – ICAO: XUWM
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Russian Air Force
Location		Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast
Elevation AMSL		538 ft / 164 m
Coordinates		52°55′6″N 040°21′54″E / 52.91833°N 40.365°E / 52.91833; 40.365Coordinates: 52°55′6″N 040°21′54″E / 52.91833°N 40.365°E / 52.91833; 40.365
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	7,218	2,200	Concrete

Michurinsk (also given as Michurinsk Northwest, and Kozlov (before 1932)) is an air base in Russia located 9 km northwest of Michurinsk. It is the site of a well-maintained military training airfield. Google Earth high-resolution imagery indicates this base is active, with 100 trainer aircraft on the field, a few of which appeared to be taxiing.

The training unit at Michurinsk is 644 UAP (644th Aviation Training Regiment) equipped with 108 Aero L-29 Delfin aircraft listed as of the early 1990s ^[1]. It has also been equipped recently with Su-24, Su-25, and MiG-29 aircraft ^[2]. The 644th Training Aviation Regiment was part of the 786th Training Centre, headquartered at Borisoglebsk, in 2008, according to Kommersant-Vlast.

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.