Bombora Бамбора (Гудаута ) Alternate names Gudauta (US) Location 4 km W Gudauta Country GE Coordinates 43° 6.2' N 40° 34.7' E (43.1033,40.5783) Elevation 24 m (79 ft) Runway 15/33 2988x60 m (9803x197 ft) 151-331°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 171 IAP (Su-27, 1991)[#1]. 529th Fighter Regiment (34 Su-27). Comments and history Airfield appears to be in very poor condition; almost unpaved. Small tarmac with a few old revetments. On 20 May 1989 Capt Alexander Zuyev defected with MiG-29 to Turkey. In 2001 Georgia was trying to dismantle this base against Russian wishes.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=43.1033,40.5783&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.1033,40.5783&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=43.1033,40.5783 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=43.1033,40.5783&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=43.1033,40.5783 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=43.1033&lon=40.5783&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=43.1033_N_40.5783_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