{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Chuguyevka Air Base","iataCode":null,"icaoCode":null,"city":"Chuguyevka","country":"RU","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":44.083302,"longitude":133.867996},"elevationMeters":305,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Neither an IATA nor an ICAO code exists for the airfield at Sokolovka near Chuguyevka in Russia's Primorsky Krai, some 190 km northeast of Vladivostok, and that reflects its purpose: it was always a military field, never a commercial one. Its best-known moment came on 6 September 1976, when Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko took off in a MiG-25 and defected to Japan. The last unit stationed there, the 530th Fighter Aviation Regiment flying MiG-31s, was disbanded on 1 December 2009, and the base has no","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/chuguyevka-air-base-airport-6767","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/chuguyevka-air-base-airport-6767","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Chuguyevka Air Base · Chuguyevka, RU · 305 m"}