Kyurdamir Air Base

Kyurdamir Air Base is a military airbase in Kyurdamir (also known as Kurdamir or Kürdəmir (Кюрдамир)), the capital of the Kurdamir district (rayon) in Azerbaijan.

Kyurdamir Air Base
IATA: UB14 ICAO: UB14
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner/Operator	Republic of Azerbaijan
Location	Kyurdamir, Kürdəmir
Occupants	Azerbaijani Air Defense Force
Time zone	AZT (+4:00)
• Summer (DST)	AZT (+5:00)
Elevation AMSL	−35 ft / −11 m
Coordinates	40°16′24″N 48°09′48″E
Map
Kyurdamir Air Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 8,200 2,499 Concrete

At the end of the 1980s the 976 Bomber Aviation Regiment Инстербургский flying Sukhoi Su-24 and Sukhoi Su-17 aircraft was based at Kyurdamir.[1] The regiment, which was descended from the 976th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the World War II period, was part of the 34th Air Army of the Soviet Air Forces.

See also

• List of airports in Azerbaijan

References

1. Feskov, V.I.; K.A. Kalashnikov; V.I. Golikov (2004). The Soviet Army in the Years of the 'Cold War' (1945-1991). Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. p. 144. ISBN 5-7511-1819-7.