Magdagachi Магдагачи Location 3 km N Magdagachi Country RU ICAO UHBI Coordinates 53° 28.3' N 125° 48.0' E (53.4717,125.8000) Elevation 369 m (1211 ft) Runway 1800x25 m (5905x82 ft) 122-302°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 13 ODShBR (1969-). Comments and history Appears to be an old 1960s-era base, poorly maintained. Hardened with 10 revetments and small tarmac. The U.S. Department of Defense cited this as one of the first two identified air assault brigades in the mid-1970s (also Mogocha). This seems to be given as 13th, 44th, and 80th Airborne Assault Brigade. Elevation of airfield area is 400 m according to Soviet topo maps; using ONC elevation of 369 m.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=53.4717,125.8000&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.4717,125.8000&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=53.4717,125.8000 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.4717,125.8000&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=53.4717,125.8000 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=53.4717&lon=125.8000&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=53.4717_N_125.8000_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth 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