Pitomnik Location 11 km SW Gumrak Country RU Coordinates 48° 44.3' N 44° 14.7' E (48.7383,44.2450) Elevation 137 m (450 ft) Runway 1500x30 m (4921x98 ft) 101-281°T (ABANDONED) Usage Military Military units Military Comments and history Location and orientation suspected; airfield long plowed under into farmland. The Pitomnik airfield (Russian: питомник, lit. plant nursery) was an airfield in Russia, the primary of the seven airfields used by the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Stalingrad within the city [WIKI]. Pitomnik was captured by the German 6th Army when it linked up there with the 4th Panzer Army on 3 September 1942 [WIKI]. The airfield at Pitomnik was one of seven airfields within the Stalingrad pocket and the only one properly equipped to handle large amounts of traffic. It was equipped with lights for night operation [WIKI]. As of 2009, the location of the Pitomnik Airfield is used as farmland [WIKI].     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=48.7383,44.2450&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.7383,44.2450&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=48.7383,44.2450 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.7383,44.2450&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=48.7383,44.2450 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.7383&lon=44.2450&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=48.7383_N_44.2450_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Google Earth 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