Yuzhny Airport | |
Nativename-A: | Аэропорт Южный |
Iata: | OEL |
Icao: | UUOR |
Type: | Public |
Location: | Oryol |
Elevation-F: | 656 |
Elevation-M: | 200 |
R1-Number: | 04/22 |
R1-Length-F: | 8202 |
R1-Length-M: | 2500 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Yuzhny Airport is an airport in Russia located 6 km southwest of Oryol. It services small transports and has a considerable general aviation presence.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was a military airbase, with the based 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (PVO) flying respectively the Yak-17, MiG-15, MiG-17 and MiG-19.[1]