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Kursk Vostochny Airport

Field	Value
name	Kursk Vostochny Airport
nativename-a	Аэропорт Курск-Восточный
image	NASA FIRMS 2024-11-03 Kursk Khalino.png
image-width	250
caption	Satellite imagery of Khalino air base
image2	URS Logo new.png
image2-width	250
IATA	URS
ICAO	UUOK
type	Civilian, Military
owner	Russian Aerospace Forces
operator	6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
location	Kursk, Kursk Oblast, Russia
elevation-f	209 m
elevation-m	209
coordinates
pushpin_map	Russia Kursk Oblast#Russia
pushpin_map_caption	Shown within Kursk Oblast, Russia
pushpin_label	Kursk Vostochny
website	aerokursk.ru
metric-rwy	y
r1-number	12/30
r1-length-f	8202
r1-length-m	2500
r1-surface	Concrete

Kursk Vostochny Airport () , also known as Khalino airbase, Kursk-Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia, with a single 2500 m runway located 7 km east of Kursk. It has been used for many decades as a military airbase and has had periods of time when it was also utilized as a commercial airport. It is located 4 miles northeast of Kursk and is considered a medium-sized base, with several alert pads. A civilian tarmac is located on the southern side of the airfield, which utilizes the common runway facilities.

History

Khalino airbase was home to:

472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment from 4 October 1979 to 1998. Moved in from Orel, Orel Oblast, where it had been stationed from 1950 to 1979. Equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23P (ASCC: Flogger) or S from 1979. Disbanded 1 May 1998.
14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (14 Gv IAP) flying Mikoyan MiG-29 (SMT/UBT) (ASCC: Fulcrum) aircraft, having been relocated from Zherdevka (air base). Now part of the 105th Guards Mixed Aviation Division flying the Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO: Flanker-H).

All commercial flight activity at the airport was banned by Russian authorities at the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, starting at 03:45 on 24 February 2022.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

FIRMS]] detected fires 30 July 2024 23:29:00 ([[UTC]]) at two military storage facilities south of the air base

On 6 December 2022 the airport’s oil storage caught fire.

On 2 June 2023, Ukrainian sources reported several Su-34 combat aircraft located at the airport were damaged/destroyed, along with a single MiG-29 and a Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system. The information has not yet been verified independently.

On 31 July 2024 the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck military storage near the airbase, causing fire detected by NASA's FIRMS.

On 3 July 2025, an aviation arsenal at Khalino airbase was struck by Ukrainian drones, leading to an explosion believed to include ammunition for the Pantsir-S1, one of which was “probably” damaged.

Airlines and destinations

RusLine provided limited scheduled commercial service to Moscow–Vnukovo as of 2018, and to Saint Petersburg and Sochi as of 2019. All commercial service at the airport was halted in February 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Statistics

References

[http://www.aviateka.ru/airport/7427-Аэропорт-Курск-Восточный/ Airport Kursk (Vostochny)]
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"Russian Air Force - Kursk/Vostochnyy (Khalino) (UUOK)". Scramble.nl.
"Росавиация продлила закрытие аэропортов на юге России до 7 мая".
(6 December 2022). "Drone strikes oil tank at airfield in Russia's Kursk region". Reuters.
"NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports)".
(31 July 2024). "Ukrainian Navy strikes at weapons depots on the outskirts of Kursk". Militarnyi.
Taras Safronov. "Ukrainian Forces Destroy Aviation Weapons Depot at Khalyno Airfield". militarnyi.
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(4 December 2019). ""РусЛайн" откроет рейсы из Курска в Сочи". Interfax-Tourism.

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