Koshka Yavr | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
Location | Zapolyarnyj | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 495 ft / 151 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 69°15′6″N 031°11′48″E / 69.25167°N 31.19667°E | ||||||||||
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Koshka Yavr is a Soviet Naval Aviation and Russian Naval Aviation reserve airfield[1] in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 25 km southeast of Zapolyarny and 83 km west of Murmansk. It was one of nine primary Arctic staging bases for the Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire) bomber that was in service in the 1980s.[2]