Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport

Chelyabinsk Shagol
Челябинск Шагол
Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia
Chelyabinsk Shagol is located in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Shagol
Chelyabinsk Shagol
Shown within Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Shagol is located in Russia
Chelyabinsk Shagol
Chelyabinsk Shagol
Chelyabinsk Shagol (Russia)
Coordinates55°15′36″N 61°18′0″E / 55.26000°N 61.30000°E / 55.26000; 61.30000
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Aerospace Forces
Controlled byChelyabinsk Red Banner Military Aviation Institute of Navigators
Site history
In use-present
Airfield information
Elevation253 metres (830 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
12/30 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Chelyabinsk Shagol (Russian: Челябинск Шагол) is a military airfield of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

The base is home to the 108th Training Aviation Regiment which flies the Antonov An-26, Antonov An-72, Mil Mi-8 under the Prof. N.E. Zhukovsky and Iu.A. Gagarin Air Force Academy and the 2nd Guards Composite Aviation Regiment which flies the Sukhoi Su-24MR and the Sukhoi Su-34 under the 21st Composite Aviation Division.[1]

  1. ^ "Chelyabinsk/Shagol". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 16 November 2022.