Amderma Airport

Amderma Airport (IATA: AMV, ICAO: ULDD) is a former interceptor base in Arctic Russia, near Novaya Zemlya, located 4 km west of Amderma (Амдерма). It is a simple airfield built on a spit along the ocean, with some tarmac space.

Amderma Амдерма
Satellite imagery of the former Amderma air base
IATA: AMV ICAO: ULDD
Summary
Airport type	public/military
Operator	Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Airport Amderma"
Serves	Amderma
Location	Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Elevation AMSL	13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	69°45′48″N 61°33′48″E
Map
AMV Location of airport in Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 8,530 2,600 reinforced concrete

The facility's prime purpose was to defend the northern approaches to European Russia. Amderma's significance was driven home during the Cold War years when on 1 June 1960 a MiG-19 from Amderma shot down a Boeing RB-47H that was crossing Cape Kanin Nos. Since the 1960s, the airfield has been home to the 72 Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment (72 Gv IAP) of the 10th Independent Army of the Air Defence Forces, which was operating at least 31 MiG-31 aircraft during the 1991-94 period.^[1] Tupolev Tu-128 and MiG-19 were stationed here in the 1960s.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Smartavia	Naryan-Mar

Nordavia used to operate twice-monthly flights to Arkhangelsk via Naryan-Mar using Antonov An-24 aircraft.^[3]

References

1. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
2. "Mezhdunarodniy Proekt Dmitriy Smirnova". Army.lv. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
3. "Nordavia timetable". Archived from the original on 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2009-12-01.