| Nivenskoye | |
| Ensign: | Flag of the Russian Air Force.svg |
| Ensign Size: | 90px |
| Location: | Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Country: | Russia |
| Type: | Air Base |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#Russia#Europe |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Pushpin Label: | Nivenskoye |
| Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Used: | 1945 - |
| Icao: | XMWN |
| Elevation: | 20m (70feet) |
| R1-Number: | 07/25 |
| R1-Length: | 2500m (8,200feet) |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Nivenskoye (also Severnyi, Uzhnyi & Yezau (US)) (Russian: Южный) is a former interceptor aircraft air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 17 km south of Kaliningrad. A large mile-wide taxiway ring on west side fed a series of aircraft revetments. There were remote bomber or alert revetments for about 5 aircraft. It is abandoned and in a state of decay as of 2000.
Nivenskoye was a Second World War airfield, which was blown up by the Germans in 1945 during their retreat.[1] It was rebuilt by the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1950 using Soviet soldiers and German civilians. By 1951 it had a length of 1500 m (4920 ft) and was used by the Soviet Air Force. By 1957 up to 25 MiG-15 (Fagot) aircraft were based at the airfield.[2]
From October 1952 Nivenskoye was home to the (689 Gv IAP) flying the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Mach 1951–1954; the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 and MiG-17P, October 1953 – 1957; the MiG-19S/P, October 1956 – 1977; the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23M, 1977–1989; and the Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker," a total of 36, from 1989.[3] The regiment had received the honorary name "Sandomierz", in 1944, for participation in the Lvov-Sandomierz operation, and in the same year it was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. The airbase was also home to 288th Independent Helicopter Regiment (288 OVP) flying Mil Mi-24 K and R models and Mil Mi-8.[4]
689 Gv IAP & 288th Independent Helicopter Regiment based at Uzhnyi moved to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk, also within the Kaliningrad Oblast, during August 2002.
5. Jesau/Нивенское: оставленный аэродром двух империй