Chernyakhovsk Черняховск Alternate names Chernyahovsk Location 4 km SW Chernyakhovsk Country RU Coordinates 54° 36.1' N 21° 46.9' E (54.6017,21.7817) Elevation 40 m (131 ft) Runway 06/24 2500x80 m (8202x262 ft) 059-239°T (CONC) Usage Military Comments and history Nuclear bomber base. Medium sized interceptor airfield in Baltic region. Its 4 Gv BAP and 63 BAP flew the Yak-28 starting in the 1960s. At some point Tu-16 were based here. It is home to 4 Gv MSHAP flying 29 Su-24 aircraft. The 132 MShAD was based here, as was the 15 ODRAP.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=54.6017,21.7817&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.6017,21.7817&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=54.6017,21.7817 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.6017,21.7817&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=54.6017,21.7817 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.6017&lon=21.7817&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=54.6017_N_21.7817_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved