{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Akhtubinsk Air Base","iataCode":null,"icaoCode":null,"city":"Akhtubinsk","country":"RU","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":48.3085,"longitude":46.2365},"elevationMeters":15,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"For freight planning, Akhtubinsk is a closed door: it is a Russian Ministry of Defence airfield in Astrakhan Oblast and home to the 929th State Flight Test Centre named for V. P. Chkalov (GLITs), the country's main establishment for testing military aircraft and weapons since 1948. No scheduled passenger or commercial cargo flights operate here; the runway serves test and evaluation sorties only. Forwarders handling the region route through Volgograd Gumrak (VOG), about 140 km to the north-west,","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/akhtubinsk-air-base-airport-445","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/akhtubinsk-air-base-airport-445","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Akhtubinsk Air Base · Akhtubinsk, RU · 15 m"}