Baranovichi Alternate names Baranvichi Location 5 km S Baranovichi Country BY Coordinates 53° 5.7' N 26° 2.8' E (53.0950,26.0467) Elevation 183 m (600 ft) Runway 3000x80 m (9842x262 ft) 044-224°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 203 Gv TBAP (30-32 Tu-22, 1960s,1991)[#2][#6], (Tu-22PD, 1991)[#2]. 61 IAP (13 MiG-25PDS, 1991)[#1], (25 MiG-23, 1991), (23 Su-27P, 1991)[#1], (Su-27UB, 1991)[#1] Comments and history Large sprawling airfield. Two remote revetment areas, and 30 bomber pads with about 15 fighter pads. Was active as a bomber base in 2000. Located near large early warning radar (Volga Facility). 203 TBAP subordinate to 22 TBAD (Bobruysk). Base has been in major use since November 7, 1951 when it received 45th TBAD or BAD and 203rd TBAP and became one of the prime strategic bomber base of the early 1950s. It conducted numerous Tu-16A sorties to the high arctic starting in the mid 1950s. It also deployed a Tu-16 to Tiksi and onward to ice station SP-6 for field trials in 1958. 61 IAP either is in Kokaydy or moved there.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=53.0950,26.0467&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.0950,26.0467&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=53.0950,26.0467 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.0950,26.0467&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=53.0950,26.0467 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=53.0950&lon=26.0467&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=53.0950_N_26.0467_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