Markuleshty Alternate names Markuleshti Location 8 km W Floresti Country MD Coordinates 47° 51.8' N 28° 12.8' E (47.8633,28.2133) Elevation 95 m (312 ft) Runway 07/25 2510x39 m (8235x128 ft) 071-251°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 86 GV MIAP (34 MiG-29, 1992-1997) [#3] (6 MiG-29UB, 1992-1997). Comments and history Major Moldovian Air Force Base. The MiG-29 aircraft were provided by Russia in 1992. Due to high maintenance and operations costs, the MiG-29s were sold to the U.S. in 1997, which sent C-17 jets that October to airlift them to the U.S.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=47.8633,28.2133&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.8633,28.2133&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=47.8633,28.2133 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.8633,28.2133&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=47.8633,28.2133 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=47.8633&lon=28.2133&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=47.8633_N_28.2133_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Elevation data: Runway data: ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved