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Kursk Vostochny Airport Аэропорт Курск-Восточный | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civilian, Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||||||
| Operator | 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||||||
| Location | Kursk,Kursk Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 686 ft / 209 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°45′6″N36°17′48″E / 51.75167°N 36.29667°E /51.75167; 36.29667 | ||||||||||
| Website | aerokursk.ru | ||||||||||
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Kursk Vostochny Airport (Russian:Аэропорт Курск-Восточный) (IATA:URS,ICAO:UUOK),[1] also known asKhalino airbase,Kursk-Khalino, is aninterceptor aircraft base inKursk Oblast,Russia, with a single 2,500 m (8,200 ft) runway located 7 km east ofKursk. It has been used for many decades as amilitary airbase and has had periods of time when it was also utilized as acommercial airport. It is located 4 miles northeast ofKursk and is considered a medium-sized base, with several alert pads. A civilian tarmac is located on the southern side of the airfield, which utilizes the common runway facilities.
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Khalino airbase was home to:
All commercial flight activity at the airport was banned by Russian authorities at the start of the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, starting at 03:45 on 24 February 2022.[7]
On 6 December 2022 the airport’s oil storage caught fire.[8] The Kursk governor blamed the fire on a drone strike amid the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
On 2 June 2023, Ukrainian sources reported severalSu-34 combat aircraft located at the airport were damaged/destroyed, along with a singleMiG-29 and aPantsir-S1 air defense missile system. The information has not yet been verified independently.[9]
On 31 July 2024 the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck military storage near the airbase, causing fire detected byNASA'sFIRMS.[10]
On 3 July 2025, an aviation arsenal at Khalino airbase was struck by Ukrainian drones, leading to an explosion believed to include ammunition for thePantsir-S1, one of which was “probably” damaged.[11]
RusLine provided limited scheduled commercial service toMoscow–Vnukovo as of 2018,[12] and toSaint Petersburg andSochi as of 2019.[13] All commercial service at the airport was halted in February 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
