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Borisoglebskoye Airport
Аэропорт Борисоглебское
IATA: noneICAO: UWKG
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator KAPO
Location Kazan
Elevation AMSL 213 ft / 65 m
Coordinates 55°52′0″N 049°8′0″E / 55.866667°N 49.133333°E / 55.866667; 49.133333Coordinates: 55°52′0″N 049°8′0″E / 55.866667°N 49.133333°E / 55.866667; 49.133333
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 10499 3200 Concrete


Borisoglebskoye Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Борисоглебское) (ICAO: UWKG) is an airport in Tatarstan, Russia, located 8 km north of Kazan. It is the location of the Kazan State Aviation Plant, the site of the Tupolev Tu-144, Tu-22M and Ilyushin Il-62 production factory. here are large aircraft parking spaces on the north side of the airfield. The facility is capable of handling all sizes of aircraft and features an unusually wide runway.

During the 1990s a couple of Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack) bombers were based here.








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