Smirnykh (air base)
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| Smirnykh | |||
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| IATA: - ICAO: | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Soviet Air Force | ||
| Serves | Smirnykh | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 141 ft (43 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 01/19 | 8202 | 2500 | Concrete |
Smirnykh (also Smirnyh) is an air base in Sakhalin, Russia located 2 km east of Smirnykh. It appears in June 1966 KH-7 imagery with a runway length of 2000 m. It was expanded sometime after this to 2500 m with a new extension of revetments added. An ICAO report on the downing of Korean Air Flight 007 indicates that it was carried out by the PVO (Soviet Anti-Air Defense) in 1983 and hosted MiG-23 fighter aircraft.
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