Severomorsk-1 Североморск-1 Alternate names Safanovo (US), Severomorsk (US), Murmansk-Vayenga (DoD), Vayenga Location 4 km S Severomorsk Country RU ICAO ULAK Coordinates 69° 1.8' N 33° 25.5' E (69.0300,33.4250) Elevation 73 m (239 ft) Runway 14/32 3500x80 m (11483x262 ft) 147-327°T (CONC) Usage Military Comments and history This is one of the two largest airfields in the Murmansk region. The main resident unit is the 987 MRAP, flying Tu-22M and Tu-16 as late as the early 1990s. Also operating from the airfield is 24 ODLAPDD, flying Il-38s in the early 1990s. The 3000 m runway has a 500 m overrun on the north side, and the airfield can accommodate over 40 bombers and a small number of fighters. It lies 4 km south of Severomorsk. This airfield was referred to as Vayenga in a 1955 CIA intelligence estimate, citing an airfield 9.5 miles northeast of Murmansk.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=69.0300,33.4250&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=69.0300,33.4250&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=69.0300,33.4250 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=69.0300,33.4250&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=69.0300,33.4250 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=69.0300&lon=33.4250&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=69.0300_N_33.4250_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: CAICA Elevation data: Department of Defense / Tactical Pilotage Chart (TPC) (2000 edition) 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