Salka Airfield

Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Also known as: Аэродром Салка ЬССН

Small Airport

Timezone Asia/Yekaterinburg

Local Time —

Elevation 886 ft (270 m)

Coordinates 57.9883°N, 60.2350°E

Runways 2

RU-7741 is the ICAO airport code for Salka Airfield, located in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. The airport is classified as a Small Airport. It operates in the Asia/Yekaterinburg timezone at an elevation of 886 ft (270 m) above sea level. It has 2 runways.

About Salka Airfield

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Salka Aerodrome is an aerodrome in Russia located 17 km northeast of Nizhny Tagil. Until 1994 the airfield was home to the 765th Fighter Aviation Regiment initially operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s. The regiment replaced it in 1980 with the MiG-23P (Flogger-G). From 1964 till 1994, the regiment was part of the 20th Air Defence Corps of the 4th Independent Air Defence Army. The 765 IAP was disbanded in 1994.