Saky (air base)

Saky
Saky, Crimea
Near Novofedorivka in Ukraine
Satellite imagery of Saky air base
Saky airbase is located in Crimea
Saky airbase
Saky airbase
Shown within Crimea
Saky airbase is located in Ukraine
Saky airbase
Saky airbase
Saky airbase (Ukraine)
Coordinates45°5′35″N 33°35′42″E / 45.09306°N 33.59500°E / 45.09306; 33.59500
TypeAir Base
Site information
OperatorRussian Navy - Russian Naval Aviation
Controlled byBlack Sea Fleet
Site history
In useUnknown to present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: UKFI
Elevation180 metres (591 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
04R/22L 3,175 metres (10,417 ft) Concrete
Map
Soviet Fleet Admiral Kuznetsov and Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the base in February 1945. Roosevelt came for the Yalta Conference.

Saky (Ukrainian and Russian: Саки) is an air base adjacent to the settlement of Novofedorivka, Crimea. It was initially built by the Soviet Union in the 1930s, and has been operated under both Ukrainian and Russian sovereignty since 1992.

Since 2014, following the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the annexation of Crimea by Russia, the base has been operated by the Russian Ministry of Defence. The base is home of the 43rd Independent Naval Assault Aviation Regiment [ru] operating Sukhoi Su-24M/MR, Sukhoi Su-30SM and Tupolev Tu-1344A-4 aircraft.[1][2] It is also the location of the Russian NITKA ("Scientific testing simulator for shipborne aviation") land-based aircraft carrier training and test simulator.

  1. ^ "Saki (UKFI)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2022. p. 42.