Kara Chala Location 4 km NE Qarachala Country AZ Coordinates 39° 49.9' N 48° 58.0' E (39.8317,48.9667) Elevation -5 m (-16 ft) Runway 2000x60 m (6562x197 ft) 120-300°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units Military Comments and history Major military facility that is abandoned or unused. The runway ends have peculiar butterfly parking spaces, suggesting a PVO interceptor role during the 1950s.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=39.8317,48.9667&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.8317,48.9667&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=39.8317,48.9667 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.8317,48.9667&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=39.8317,48.9667 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=39.8317&lon=48.9667&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=39.8317_N_48.9667_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