# Kapustin Yar Airfield, Znamensk, Russia

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0304

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Russian Air Force
- Serves: Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
- Coordinates: 48.6670, 45.7320
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,175 m / 3,855 ft
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Europe/Astrakhan
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapustin_Yar_(air_base) (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4213296
- Ident: RU-0304

## Timeline

- 25 Dec 1991: Russian Air Force becomes the operator.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,175 m / 3,855 ft | 48 m / 157 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,175 m / 3,855 ft | =11,082 of 29,858 | #1,607 in Asia | #327 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0380](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0380.md) Akhtubinsk Air Base · 55 km / 34 mi
- [RU-0305](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0305.md) Srednyaya Akhtuba Airfield · 64 km / 40 mi
- [RU-0923](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0923.md) AirLife Aerodrome · 72 km / 45 mi
- [RU-0306](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0306.md) Beketovka Air Base · 101 km / 63 mi
- [VOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urww.md) Volgograd International Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [RU-0298](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0298.md) Marinovka Air Base · 143 km / 89 mi

## Sources

- [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-0304/data