Russia
NW Russia
Murmansk Oblast

Monchegorsk Air Base

Monchegorsk Air Base is a military air base in , Russia located 13 km northeast of and 11 miles southwest of Olenya. Work on the air base began in the early 1950s, and by 1957 it was identified on American Lockheed U-2 overflights with a modern 6600 ft runway, extensive infrastructure, and a MiG regiment.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airbase in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
  • Also known as: “Monchegorsk”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monchegorsk and 27 kilometre.

Town
Photo: Лобанов Вячеслав, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in , , located on the Kola Peninsula, 145 kilometers south of , the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 45,361 ; 52,242; 68,652.

Village
Photo: Takabo, CC BY 3.0.
27 km Zheleznoy Dorogi Monchegorsk–Olenya is a rural locality in jurisdiction of Town with Jurisdictional Territory in , , located beyond the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula at a height of 128 meters above sea level.

Hamlet
25 km Zheleznoy Dorogi Monchegorsk–Olenya is a rural locality in jurisdiction of Town with Jurisdictional Territory in , , located beyond the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula at a height of 128 meters above sea level.

Monchegorsk Air Base

Latitude
67.9883° or 67° 59′ 18″ north
Longitude
33.0095° or 33° 0′ 34″ east
Elevation
167 metres (548 feet)
Operator
Министерство обороны РФ
Open location code
9GVMX2Q5+8R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91244081
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Wiki­data ID
Q3566475
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Ukrainian—“Monchegorsk Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Montšegorskin lentotukikohta”
  • Finnish: “Montšegorskin sotilaslentokenttä”
  • Finnish: “ULMG”
  • French: “base aérienne de Montchegorsk”
  • French: “Base aérienne de Montchegorsk”
  • Japanese: “モンチェゴルスク空軍基地”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montsjegorsk (flybase)”
  • Norwegian: “Montsjegorsk”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی مونچگورسک”
  • Russian: “Авиабаза Мончегорск”
  • Russian: “военный аэродром Мончегорск”
  • Russian: “Мончегорск”
  • Russian: “Сургуч”
  • Spanish: “Base aerea de Monchegorsk”
  • Spanish: “Base aérea de Monchegorsk”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ мунчгурск”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Мончегорск”
  • Ukrainian: “Мончегорськ (аеродром)”
  • Ukrainian: “Мончегорськ”

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