Koshka Yavr (air base)

Koshka Yavr
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorRussian Air Force
LocationZapolyarnyj
Elevation AMSL495 ft / 151 m
Coordinates69°15′6″N 031°11′48″E / 69.25167°N 31.19667°E / 69.25167; 31.19667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 9,842 3,000 Concrete

Koshka Yavr is a Soviet Naval Aviation and Russian Naval Aviation reserve airfield in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 25 km southeast of Zapolyarny and 83 km west of Murmansk. It was one of nine primary Arctic staging bases for the Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire) bomber that was in service in the 1980s.