# Engels Air Base, Saratov, Russia

**Engels Air Base** is a medium airport in Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia. It has one runway, 3,498 m (11,475 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Russian Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-8602

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Russian Air Force
- Serves: Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia
- Elevation: 37 m / 121 ft
- Coordinates: 51.4805, 46.2150
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,498 m / 11,475 ft
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Europe/Saratov
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engels-2_air_base (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q689065
- Weather station: UWSS · WMO 34172
- Ident: RU-8602

## Timeline

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

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,498 m / 11,475 ft | 70 m / 230 ft | Concrete |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,498 m / 11,475 ft | #547 of 29,858 | #79 in Europe | #35 in RU |
| Elevation | 37 m / 121 ft | =36,154 of 43,403 | =4,793 in Europe | =563 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =32 in RU |

## Nearby airports

- [GSV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwsg.md) Gagarin International Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [RU-3709](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-3709.md) Bagay-Baranovka Air Base · 90 km / 56 mi
- [BWO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwsb.md) Balakovo Airport · 114 km / 71 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-8602/data