Lenino (air base)

Lenino
IATA: noneICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military
Location Lenino
Elevation AMSL 203 ft / 62 m
Coordinates 52°54′36″N 156°52′42″E / 52.91000°N 156.87833°E / 52.91000; 156.87833Coordinates: 52°54′36″N 156°52′42″E / 52.91000°N 156.87833°E / 52.91000; 156.87833
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11,155 3,400 Concrete


Lenino (Russian: Ленино(Камчатка)) is a former air base in Kamchatka Krai, Russia located 11 km west of Lenino. It is a large abandoned military base 120 km west of Petropavlovsk, and may have been designed for Tupolev Tu-16 operations during the 1950s and 1960s. It appears to be have been abandoned in the 1970s.


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