Burevestnik Буревестник Alternate names Iturup Location 1 km W Burevestnik Country RU ICAO UHSB Coordinates 44° 55.1' N 147° 37.3' E (44.9183,147.6217) Elevation 24 m (79 ft) Runway 14/32 2400x30 m (7874x98 ft) 135-315°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 387 IAP (40 MiG-23), 1988. Comments and history Burevestnik is a PVO interceptor air base that establishes defense of the Kurile Islands. An American DC-8 was forced to land here in 1968 after straying off course. In April 1983 MiG-21s were alerted due to approach of US F-14s but did not take off due to weather. This unit was upgraded with MiG-23 aircraft in 1983. The 387 IAP was disbanded in 1993 and integrated with units at Dolinsk-Sokol and Smyrnykh.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=44.9183,147.6217&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.9183,147.6217&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=44.9183,147.6217 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.9183,147.6217&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=44.9183,147.6217 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=44.9183&lon=147.6217&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=44.9183_N_147.6217_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: CAICA Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved