Dorokhovo Air Base

Bezhetsk, Tver Oblast, Russia

Also known as: Bezhetsk Dorokhov XUED

Closed Airport

Timezone Europe/Moscow

Local Time —

Elevation 469 ft (143 m)

Coordinates 57.7250°N, 36.6517°E

RU-8709 is the ICAO airport code for Dorokhovo Air Base, located in Bezhetsk, Russia. The airport is classified as a Closed Airport. It operates in the Europe/Moscow timezone at an elevation of 469 ft (143 m) above sea level.

About Dorokhovo Air Base

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Dorokhovo is a former air base in Bezhetsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 7 km southwest of Bezhetsk. It was a small interceptor base with about 10 alert pads for fighter aircraft and some other pads and tarmac space. In 1967 it received some of the first Sukhoi Su-15 (Flagon) interceptors.