Shchuchin Alternate names Schchoochin Location 2 km E Shchuchyn Country BY Coordinates 53° 35.9' N 24° 45.8' E (53.5983,24.7633) Elevation 172 m (564 ft) Runway 2500x40 m (8202x131 ft) 003-183°T (CONC) Usage Military Comments and history Pads in forested area for about 30 transport aircraft and a small number of fighters. It was the home of an ORAP unit that flew Yak-28R aircraft starting in the 1970s34.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=53.5983,24.7633&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.5983,24.7633&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=53.5983,24.7633 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.5983,24.7633&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=53.5983,24.7633 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=53.5983&lon=24.7633&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=53.5983_N_24.7633_E_type:city Sources 34 Yakovlev Yak-25/-26/-27/-28: Yakovlev's Tactical Twinjets. Yefim Gordon. 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