Burevestnik Airport

Burevestnik
Буревестник
Burevestnik, Sakhalin Oblast in Russia
Satellite imagery of Burevestnik air base
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Coordinates	44°55′12″N 147°37′18″E / 44.92000°N 147.62167°E / 44.92000; 147.62167
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Controlled by	11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941 - present
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: BVV, ICAO: UHSB, LID: БУР
Elevation	24 metres (79 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 14/32 2,380 metres (7,808 ft) Concrete

Burevestnik (also Iturup; Japanese: 天寧飛行場, Tennei-hikōjō) (IATA: BVV, ICAO: UHSB) is a military air base on Iturup Island, Russia, establishing Soviet/Russian presence on the disputed South Kuril Islands with the largest airfield in the region. It is also the former Soviet Union's most remote interceptor base. An Army helicopter combat support squadron was also stationed at the airfield in the early 1980s, providing limited fire support and transport capability. Burevestnik's communications and logistics were tied to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and supplies were flown in weekly on Antonov An-12 aircraft.

The base is home to a detachment of the 18th Army Aviation Brigade which flies the Mil Mi-8AMTSh under the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.^[1]