Sital-Chay Alternate names Sital-Chay (US), Sital Tchaiy Location 3 km W Suraabad Country AZ Coordinates 40° 48.4' N 49° 25.8' E (40.8067,49.4300) Elevation -15 m (-49 ft) Runway 2500x30 m (8202x98 ft) 170-350°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 80 IBAP (Su-25, 1992). Comments and history Large military base; only taxiways and tarmac space; no revetments. On 08 Apr 1992 Senior Lt. Vagif Kurbanov hijacked a Su-25 from Sital-Chay and flew it to Yevlakh, Azerbaijan, giving the country its first fixed-wing fighter.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=40.8067,49.4300&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.8067,49.4300&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=40.8067,49.4300 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.8067,49.4300&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=40.8067,49.4300 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.8067&lon=49.4300&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=40.8067_N_49.4300_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