Uka Airport
Uka, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
RU-2824 is the ICAO airport code for Uka Airport, located in Uka, Russia. The airport is classified as a Closed Airport. It operates in the Asia/Kamchatka timezone at an elevation of 10 ft (3 m) above sea level.
About Uka Airport
Wikipedia ↗Uka Airport was an airfield in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located 11 km northwest of Uka. In recent decades, it was probably a civilian airfield, but the configuration and runway length suggests that it may have been a military airfield during the 1950s or 1960s. This airfield was used during the Second World War by US airplanes on their way to Siberia for Lend-Lease program. Near the airfield is a very big old antenna built for the Russian space programme in 1950s.
Location
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- ICAO Code
- RU-2824
- Type
- Closed Airport
- City
- Uka
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Kamchatka Krai
- Timezone
- Asia/Kamchatka
- Local Time
- —
- Elevation
- 10 ft (3 m)
- Coordinates
- 57.9288°N, 162.0208°E
External Links
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