Kapustin Yar Air Base
Kapustin Yar is a military airfield near the town of Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, serving the Kapustin Yar military training ground, founded in 1946. Until the 1990s, the airfield had the code name "Picture".- Aerodrome
- …lies at an elevation of 7 metres (23 feet)
- …is also known as “Kapustin Yar”
- …is operated by Министерство обороны Российской Федерации
- …opened in 1956
- Description: airport in Russia
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Latitude
48.6654° or 48° 39′ 55″ north
Longitude
45.7297° or 45° 43′ 47″ east
Open location code
8HW7MP8H+5V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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In Other Languages
From Russian to Ukrainian—“Kapustin Yar Air Base” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Капустин Яр (аэродром)”
- Russian: “Капустин Яр”
- Ukrainian: “Капустин Яр (аеродром)”
- Ukrainian: “Капустин Яр”
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