Sormovo (airfield)
According to the Western sources, it is a military base with MiG-25 and MiG-31 aircraft. The runway dimensions suggest that this airfield was built in the 1950s as a bomber base.
As of 2000, Google Earth high-resolution satellite images showed 14 MiG-25, 6 MiG-21, and a small number of older fighters and fixed-wing aircraft. The west side of the runway has a 50-m (164-ft) displaced threshold; the actual runway dimension is 3000 m (9840 ft).
Locally, the airfield is known as Airfield Nizhny Novgorod (Sormovo) (Russian: аэродром Нижний Новгород (Сормово)) of the Nizhny Novgorod Sokol Aviation Plant (Russian: Нижегородский авиационный завод «Сокол»). According to Sokol's website, the plant currently manufactures MiG-31E fighter-interceptors, MiG-29UB fighter-trainers, and Yak-130 combat trainers; they also upgrade customers' MiG-21 BIS planes, and manufacture small civilian airplanes (M-101T, a light passenger turboprop, and Accord-201, an amphibious aircraft). The factory premises are adjacent to the eastern end of the airfield.
Notes
- ^ "Sormovo".
- ^ Sokol Aircraft Plant Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (official site)