Ivanovo Severny (air base)

Ivanovo Severny (also Ivanovo North or Zhukovka) is an air base in Russia located 6 km north of Ivanovo. It is a large transport operation airfield with hangars and significant tarmac space. The runway was built in 1935 and upgraded in 1965. The airfield received the Soviet Union's first Ilyushin Il-76 delivery on June 3, 1974.

For the nearby civilian airport, see Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport.
Ivanovo Severny
Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast in Russia
Ivanovo Severny is located in Ivanovo Oblast
Ivanovo Severny
Ivanovo Severny
Shown within Ivanovo Oblast
Ivanovo Severny is located in Russia
Ivanovo Severny
Ivanovo Severny
Ivanovo Severny (Russia)
Coordinates57°3′30″N 040°58′54″E
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Aerospace Forces
Controlled byMilitary Transport Aviation
Site history
Built1935 (1935)
In use1935 - present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: UUDI
Elevation137 metres (449 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
11/29 2,300 metres (7,546 ft) Concrete

The base is home to the 144th Airborne Early Warning Aviation Regiment of the 12th Military Transport Aviation Division and the 4th Centre for Combat Application and Crew Training.[1]

US intelligence summaries from 1957 showed 25 Tupolev Tu-4 Bull bomber aircraft and 17 Lisunov Li-2 Cab aircraft operated at Ivanovo Severny.[2]

Ivanovo Severny was home to 81 VTAP (81st Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Il-76, An-12, and An-22 aircraft. It was decommissioned in 1998. It is also home to 2457 Air Base of SDRLO flying the Beriev A-50.[3]

The base is home to the 610th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of Military Transport Aviation Flight Personnel (610th CBP i PLS) which uses the A-50 and A-50U AWACS.[4]

References
  1. "Ivanovo/Severnyy (UUDI)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  2. Airfield Activity in the USSR and Satellites, 2 October 1957, HTA-M36-57, CREST Document CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  3. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
  4. AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2022. p. 23.
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