Nivenskoye

Uzhnyi (also Severnyi, Yezau (US)) (Russian: Южный) was an interceptor aircraft air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 17 km south of Kaliningrad. A large mile-wide taxiway ring on west side fed a series of aircraft revetments. There were remote bomber or alert revetments for about 5 aircraft. It is abandoned and in a state of decay as of 2000.

Uzhnyi
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military Baltic Fleet
Operator	Russian Navy
Location	Kaliningrad
Elevation AMSL	66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates	54°33′42″N 020°36′12″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8,530 2,600 Concrete

Nivenskoye was a WWII airfield, which was blown up by the Germans in 1945 during their retreat.[1] It was rebuilt by the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1950 using Soviet soldiers and German civilians.[1] By 1951 it had a length of 1500 m (4920 ft) and was used by the Soviet Air Force.[1] By 1957 up to 25 MiG-15 (Fagot) aircraft were based at the airfield.[2]

Later during the Cold War it was home to 689 Gv IAP (689th Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23s in the 1980s and 36 Su-27P by the 1990s.[3] It was also home to 288 OVP (288th Independent Helicopter Regiment) flying Mi-24 K and R models and Mi-8.

689 Gv IAP & 288 OVP based at Uzhnyi moved to Chkalovsk during August 2002.

References

1. Yezau Airfield, 6 August 1952, CIA CREST: CIA-RDP82-00457R013100280005-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
2. AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
3. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.