RU-0304

Kapustin Yar Airfield

48.6670°N 45.7320°EMedium airport
On the map
NASA FIRMS 2024-10-13 Kapustin Yar
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Kapustin Yar Airfield is a medium airport in Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. It has one runway, 1,175 m (3,855 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Russian Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1991–1991
25 DEC 1991
MilestoneRussian Air Force becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27 · LIT
LENGTH1,175 m3,855 ftWIDTH48 m157 ftSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,175 m3,855 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=11,077of 29,823 · #1,612 Asia · #327 RURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =32 RU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record