# Step Air Base, Chita, Russia

**Step Air Base** is a medium airport in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,841 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Russian Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-7576

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Russian Air Force
- Serves: Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
- Elevation: 625 m / 2,050 ft
- Coordinates: 51.0201, 115.4310
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,841 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Chita
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_(air_base) (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7607969
- Ident: RU-7576

## Timeline

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

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,000 m / 9,841 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 | 3,000 m / 9,841 ft | =1,383 of 29,858 | =409 in Asia | =83 in RU |
| Elevation | 625 m / 2,050 ft | =8,655 of 43,403 | #685 in Asia | #30 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0126](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0126.md) Borzya Zapadnaya Airfield · 94 km / 59 mi
- [RU-0023](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0023.md) Chindant Air Base · 95 km / 59 mi
- [RU-1777](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-1777.md) Nerchinsk Air Base · 133 km / 83 mi
- [RU-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0006.md) Arabatuk Air Base · 147 km / 91 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-7576/data