Khanskaya Maykop | |||||||
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Maykop, Adygea in Russia | |||||||
![]() Satellite imagery of Khanskaya air base | |||||||
Site information | |||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
Location | |||||||
Coordinates | 44°40′48″N40°02′18″E / 44.68000°N 40.03833°E | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
In use | - present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: URKH | ||||||
Elevation | 183 metres (600 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Khanskaya( ICAO : URKH) is a Russian Aerospace Forces air base located on the north-west of Maykop, Russia. The airport was used also for civil aviation up to 2009.
The base is home to the 761st Training Aviation Regiment which flies the Aero L-39C Albatros under the 783rd Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel. [1]
The regiment moved here during 1991. [2]
As of October 2024 [update] Khanskaya air base was reportedly home to the 272nd Training Aviation Regiment. [3]
On 10 October 2024, a Ukrainian drone attack targeted the Khanskaya airbase causing a fire detected by NASA's FIRMS. [3]