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Coordinates: 57°59′18″N 060°14′6″E / 57.98833°N 60.23500°E / 57.98833; 60.23500
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'''Salka Airport''' (also '''Nizhny Tagil Salka''' and '''Nizhny Tagil Northeast''') is an airport in [[Russia]] located 17 km northeast of [[Nizhny Tagil]]. This airfield was home to the 765 IAP (765th Interceptor Aviation Regiment), which used [[Su-9]] aircraft from the 1950s until 1980, then transitioned to the [[MiG-23|MiG-23P]]. The unit was disbanded in 1994.
'''Salka Airport''' (also '''Nizhny Tagil Salka''' and '''Nizhny Tagil Northeast''') is an airport in [[Russia]] located 17 km northeast of [[Nizhny Tagil]]. This airfield was home to the 765 IAP (765th Interceptor Aviation Regiment).

Nizhny Tagil initially operated the [[Sukhoi Su-9]] (Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="phaseout81"></ref>. The regiment replaced it in 1980 with the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|MiG-23P]] (Flogger-G).<ref name="phaseout81">[https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp81t00380r000100980001-5 PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR], February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.</ref> The 765 IAP was disbanded in 1994.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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==References==
==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070809030403/http://www.russianairfields.com/airfield/Nizhny-Tagil.htm RussianAirFields.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070809030403/http://www.russianairfields.com/airfield/Nizhny-Tagil.htm RussianAirFields.com]


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[[Category:Airports in Sverdlovsk Oblast]]
[[Category:Airports in Sverdlovsk Oblast]]



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Revision as of 03:54, 24 January 2019

Salka Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
LocationNizhny Tagil
Elevation AMSL886 ft / 270 m
Coordinates57°59′18″N 060°14′6″E / 57.98833°N 60.23500°E / 57.98833; 60.23500
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8,202 2,500 Concrete


Salka Airport (also Nizhny Tagil Salka and Nizhny Tagil Northeast) is an airport in Russia located 17 km northeast of Nizhny Tagil. This airfield was home to the 765 IAP (765th Interceptor Aviation Regiment).

Nizhny Tagil initially operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s.[1]. The regiment replaced it in 1980 with the MiG-23P (Flogger-G).[1] The 765 IAP was disbanded in 1994.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.