Okhtyrka | |||||||||||
Icao: | UKHA | ||||||||||
Type: | Military | ||||||||||
Operator: | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||||||
Location: | Okhtyrka | ||||||||||
Elevation-F: | 489 | ||||||||||
Elevation-M: | 149 | ||||||||||
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Sumy Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Sumy Oblast | ||||||||||
Pushpin Label: | UKHA | ||||||||||
R1-Length-F: | 6562 | ||||||||||
R1-Length-M: | 2000 | ||||||||||
R1-Surface: | Concrete | ||||||||||
Pushpin Relief: | yes | ||||||||||
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Okhtyrka was a military aviation training air base in Ukraine located 8 km east of Okhtyrka city in Sumy Oblast. Operated by the Soviet Air Forces and then the Ukrainian Air Force, it was home to the 809th Aviation Training Regiment, flying 102 L-39C aircraft.
From 1961 - 1992 the regiment was part of the Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots.
The base ceased operations in 2004.[1]