Chundhza Location 8 km NW Chundhza Country KZ Coordinates 43° 35.9' N 79° 25.7' E (43.5983,79.4283) Elevation 917 m (3008 ft) Runway 2000x40 m (6562x131 ft) 017-197°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units Military Comments and history Appears to be an abandoned 1950s-era airfield. Parallel taxiway. Only about 100 km from Chinese border, so probably served as a front-line defense for Alma Ata against Urumqi-region attacks.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=43.5983,79.4283&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.5983,79.4283&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=43.5983,79.4283 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.5983,79.4283&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=43.5983,79.4283 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=43.5983&lon=79.4283&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=43.5983_N_79.4283_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