Chortkov

Alternate namesChortkiv
Location6 km SW Chortkov
CountryUA
Coordinates48° 58.8' N 25° 44.3' E (48.9800,25.7383)
Elevation323 m (1060 ft)
Runway17/35 2500x40 m (8202x131 ft) 169-349°T (CONC)
UsageMilitary

Comments and historyA combat airfield with numerous hardened aircraft shelters. It was home to 118 OAPREB flying Yak-28Rs in the mid 1970s 34 and the 118 ORAP flying Su-24MR in the early 1990s. Part of the airfield is being used for industrial storage.
   

Mapping linksGoogle Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=48.9800,25.7383&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml
Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.9800,25.7383&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=48.9800,25.7383
Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.9800,25.7383&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=48.9800,25.7383
Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=48.9800&lon=25.7383&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended)
Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=48.9800_N_25.7383_E_type:city

Sources 34 Yakovlev Yak-25/-26/-27/-28: Yakovlev's Tactical Twinjets. Yefim Gordon.
Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez
Coordinate data: Google Earth
Elevation data:
Runway data: Google Earth
ICAO identifier assignment:


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