Chkalovsky Airport
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| Moscow Chkalovsky | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: CHE – ICAO: UUMU | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Owner | RUSSIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Serves | Moscow | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 499 ft / 152 m | ||
| Coordinates | 55°52′42″N 038°3′42″E / 55.87833°N 38.06167°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12R/30L | 9842 | 3000 | Concrete |
Airport Chkalovskiy (also given as Chkalovskoye) is a military airport base near Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia, and is located 31 km northeast of Moscow. It 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 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 23 July 1977.
The name of the facility may be confused with Kaliningrad/Chklalovsk or Omsk/Chkalovsk.
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