# Istomino Airfield, Balakhna, Russia

**Istomino Airfield** is a small airport in Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It opened on 22 Feb 1942. It is operated by Russian Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0042

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Russian Air Force
- Serves: Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
- Opened: 22 Feb 1942
- Elevation: 77 m / 253 ft
- Coordinates: 56.5217, 43.4807
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Europe/Moscow
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istomino_Airfield (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7238845
- Weather station: UWGG · WMO 27459
- Ident: RU-0042

## Timeline

- 22 Feb 1942: Istomino Airfield opens.
- 25 Dec 1991: Russian Air Force becomes the operator.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 77 m / 253 ft | =32,504 of 43,403 | =4,027 in Europe | =447 in RU |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =619 in Europe | =44 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0217](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0217.md) Sormovo Airfield · 30 km / 19 mi
- [GOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwgg.md) Nizhny Novgorod / Strigino International Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [RU-10141](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-10141.md) Okhlopkovo Airfield · 44 km / 27 mi
- [RU-0284](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0284.md) Bogorodsk Airfield · 45 km / 28 mi
- [RU-0789](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0789.md) Belaya · 96 km / 60 mi
- [RU-6878](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-6878.md) Savasleyka Air Base · 141 km / 87 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0042/data