Uka Airport Explained

Uka Airport
Nativename:Ука Аэродром
Pushpin Map:Russia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Uka Airport in Russia
Pushpin Label:Uka
Pushpin Label Position:top
Type:Military
Location:Uka, Russia
Elevation-F:10
Elevation-M:3
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:7218
R1-Length-M:2200
R1-Surface:Bitumen

Uka Airport was an airfield in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located 11 km northwest of Uka.[1] In recent decades, it was probably a civilian airfield, but the configuration and runway length suggests that it may have been a military airfield during the 1950s or 1960s. This airfield was used during the Second World War by US airplanes on their way to Siberia for Lend-Lease program.Near the airfield is a very big old antenna built for the Russian space programme in 1950s.

References

  1. Web site: Камчатка ИП-12 (ОИП-11) УС "Рабат" п. Ука . 28 March 2024 . kik-sssr.narod.ru.