Kamenny Ruchey

Kamenny Ruchey
Sovetskaya Gavan
Mongokhto
Alekseyevka
Каменный Ручей / Советская Гавань
Sovetskaya Gavan, Khabarovsk Krai in Russia
Historical image of Kamenny Ruchey from June 1987 shortly after the peak of the Cold War
Kamenny Ruchey is located in Khabarovsk Krai
Kamenny Ruchey
Kamenny Ruchey
Shown within Khabarovsk Krai
Kamenny Ruchey is located in Russia
Kamenny Ruchey
Kamenny Ruchey
Kamenny Ruchey (Russia)
Coordinates49°14′30″N 140°11′36″E / 49.24167°N 140.19333°E / 49.24167; 140.19333
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Navy - Russian Naval Aviation
Controlled byPacific Fleet
Site history
Built1953 (1953)
In use1953 - present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: UHKG
Elevation201 metres (659 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
12/30 3,425 metres (11,237 ft) Concrete

Kamenny Ruchey (also Mongokhto, Alekseyevka, and Mongohto) (Russian: Монгохто, Каменный Ручей) (ICAO: UHKG) is an air base in Russia located 29 km north of Sovetskaya Gavan.[1] Located just north of Vanino, it is a major military naval airfield that has 63 hardened areas. The airfield is designated by CAICA as Kamenny Ruchey, but Russian topographic maps indicate the nearby settlement northeast of the airfield is Mongokhto, which is also synonymous with the military base. The airfield was a joint Soviet Navy base with the 143 MRAD (143rd Naval Aviation Division), flying Tupolev Tu-16, Tupolev Tu-22M, and the 310 OPLAP (310th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-142 aircraft.

The base is home to an Independent Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron of the 7062nd Port-Arthur Naval Aviation Air Base.[2]

  1. ^ ALEKSEYEVKA AIRFIELD, USSR, CIA-RDP78T05929A001200040012-1, Central Intelligence Agency, October 18, 1965.
  2. ^ "Russian Naval Aviation - Sovetskaya Gavan/Kamenny Ruchey (UHKG)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2023.