Birofeld Бирофельд Alternate names Birobidzan, Birofeld Northwest (DoD) Location 11 km NW Birofeld Country RU ICAO UHB1 Coordinates 48° 27.7' N 132° 39.5' E (48.4617,132.6583) Elevation 74 m (243 ft) Runway 2500x45 m (8202x148 ft) 041-221°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 22 GV APIB (Su-17,1988). 299 APIB (Su-27, 1991)[#4]. Comments and history Remote airfield 180 km W of Khabarovsk. Appears to be a 1950s airfield design; poorly maintained. Three branch revetment areas holding about 10 fighters each. Under 1st Air Army Far East.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=48.4617,132.6583&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.4617,132.6583&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=48.4617,132.6583 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.4617,132.6583&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=48.4617,132.6583 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.4617&lon=132.6583&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=48.4617_N_132.6583_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