Poltava Location 4 km NW Poltava Country UA Coordinates 49° 37.6' N 34° 29.3' E (49.6267,34.4883) Elevation 163 m (535 ft) Runway 3000x100 m (9842x328 ft) 090-270°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 185 TBAP (22 Tu-22M3, starting 1974, 1991)[#2][#6]. Comments and history Large bomber base with one of the former USSR's widest runways at 100 m. About 42 revetments for large aircraft on both sides of airfield; sizable tarmacs. Some Tu-22Ms were sent in 1988 to Maryi (Mary?).     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=49.6267,34.4883&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.6267,34.4883&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=49.6267,34.4883 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.6267,34.4883&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=49.6267,34.4883 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=49.6267&lon=34.4883&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=49.6267_N_34.4883_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