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 40.36500°ECoordinates: 52°55′6″N 040°21′54″E / 52.91833°N 40.36500°E
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.
2. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.