Gyumri/Kumagari Alternate names Shirak, Leninakan (US) Location 4 km S Gyumri Country AM ICAO UDEL Coordinates 40° 45.1' N 43° 51.6' E (40.7517,43.8600) Elevation 1524 m (5000 ft) Runway 02/20 3220x45 m (10564x148 ft) 024-204°T (ASPH) Usage Civilian Military units Mixed. 121 ShAE (5 Su-25, mid 1990s) (2 L-39, mid 1990s). Comments and history Services medium-sized airliners. Only 10 km from Turkish border. Terminal area parks 7 aircraft. S-300 antiaircraft missile systems are based here. On 02 Sep 1958 a U.S. Air Force C-130 ELINT plane was shot down here, killing 17. Was UGEL.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=40.7517,43.8600&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7517,43.8600&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=40.7517,43.8600 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7517,43.8600&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=40.7517,43.8600 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.7517&lon=43.8600&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=40.7517_N_43.8600_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Department of Defense / Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) Elevation data: Department of Defense / Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) Runway data: Department of Defense / Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) ICAO identifier assignment: Department of Defense / Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved