Krayny Крайний Alternate names Tyuratam (US), Krayniy Location 7 km W Baikonur Country KZ Coordinates 45° 37.3' N 63° 12.6' E (45.6217,63.2100) Elevation 97 m (318 ft) Runway 05/23 3200x60 m (10499x197 ft) 057-237°T (ASPH) Usage CIV/MIL Military units Civilian Comments and history Associated with the Baikonur Space Center. [Tyuratam 1] (US) Numerous transport aircraft are based here. The airport operates scheduled passenger and cargo charter flights to Moscow, as well as in several cities in Kazakhstan. Airfield is marginal grade-1, able to accept most modern types of aircraft except for large widebodies. In Western historical and geographical sources the airfield is given as Tyuratam or Tyuratam-1 due to the name of the nearest railway station, Tyuratam.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=45.6217,63.2100&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.6217,63.2100&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=45.6217,63.2100 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.6217,63.2100&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=45.6217,63.2100 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=45.6217&lon=63.2100&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=45.6217_N_63.2100_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