Severny (air base)

For other uses, see Severny (disambiguation).

Airport in Orsk

Severny

* IATA: none
* ICAO: none

Summary
Airport type| Military
Operator| Russian Air Force
Location| Orsk
Elevation AMSL| 850 ft / 259 m
Coordinates| 51°4′0″N 061°29′0″E﻿ / ﻿51.06667°N 61.48333°E﻿ / 51.06667; 61.48333
Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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ft  | m
| 11,483  | 3,500  | Concrete

Severny is an air base in Russia located 200 km east of Orsk.[1] It was a 1960s-era bomber base. The facility is mostly plowed under but 8 large pads are noted. It is located only 3 km from the Kazakhstan border to east.

Severny (meaning "North", Russian: Северный) is also an airport in Smolensk Oblast,[2] the site of the 10 April 2010 crash of the Polish flight which killed the Polish President and approximately 95 other passengers.

## References

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1. ^ "Severny Air Base - Russia".
2. ^ "Smolensk North - Russia".

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