Saki Авиабаза Саки Location 5 km S Saki Country UA Coordinates 45° 5.5' N 33° 36.8' E (45.0917,33.6133) Elevation 15 m (49 ft) Runway 04/22 3250x60 m (10663x197 ft) 045-225°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units Tu-22. Comments and history Bomber base 44 km west of Simferopol with large, rounded taxiway feeding a number of bomber revetments. The runway contains arrest barriers for practicing take off and landing on aircraft carriers. After the closure of bases in the Black Sea Fleet and ASW aircraft at Donuzlave, the rest of the regiment was moved to Saki. There are still Be-12, Ka-32, and Mi-14 left.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=45.0917,33.6133&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.0917,33.6133&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=45.0917,33.6133 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.0917,33.6133&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=45.0917,33.6133 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=45.0917&lon=33.6133&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=45.0917_N_33.6133_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