Baltiysk (air base)

Baltiysk
Kosa (Neutief)
Baltiysk; Kosa (Neutief)
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia
	Baltiysk Shown within Kaliningrad Oblast Baltiysk Baltiysk (Russia)
Coordinates	54°36′36″N 019°52′6″E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Site history
Built	1930
In use	1930 - 1995
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: XMKB
Elevation	3 metres (10 ft) AMSL
Runways
05/23	2,000 metres (6,562 ft) Concrete

Baltiysk (also Noytif) was a military air base in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Vistula Spit, 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) southwest of Baltiysk center within the city proper, on the opposite side of the Strait of Baltiysk close to the westernmost point of Russia.

1945 photograph of German refugees near the hangar at Baltiysk during the Evacuation of East Prussia.

Originally constructed in the 1930s by Nazi Germany for the Luftwaffe, it was unused during World War II but was damaged by Allied bombings. In 1945 after the war ended, the air base came into possession of the Soviet Union and entered limited service with the Soviet Air Force, who used the remains of the air base to house a small number of interceptor alert pads.

The base was home to the 509th Independent Aviation Squadron Helicopters between 1955 and 1958[1] and the 49th Independent Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron between 1948 and 1995.[2]

In 1957 Western intelligence identified 25 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (ASCC: Fagot) jet fighters based at Baltiysk.[3] By the early 1960s, Baltiysk had become a reserve airfield, and intelligence missions no longer observed any aircraft the airfield.

The Baltiysk/Noytif Seaplane Base (54°37′25″N 19°52′45″E) operated in the harbor on the northeast side of the airfield until the 1970s.[4] It had five hangars adjoining the waters.[4] The Beriev Be-6 (Madge) was one type of seaplane observed at this base.[4]

The Baltiysk airfield complex was deactivated in the 1990s following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and has since been abandoned.

References

"745th independent Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
"49th independent Tallinskiy Red Banner orders of Ushakov and Nakhimov Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
OAK SUPPLEMENT PART 7 KH-9 MISSION 1204 11 OCTOBER - 17 DECEMBER 1972, January 1973, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04752A000100010004-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC., p. 125.

External links

RussianAirFields.com

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[1] "745th independent Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[2] "49th independent Tallinskiy Red Banner orders of Ushakov and Nakhimov Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[3] AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

[oak73-4] OAK SUPPLEMENT PART 7 KH-9 MISSION 1204 11 OCTOBER - 17 DECEMBER 1972, January 1973, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04752A000100010004-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC., p. 125.