Nivenskoye

Nivenskoye
Nivenskoye
Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia
	Nivenskoye Shown within Kaliningrad Oblast Nivenskoye Nivenskoye (Russia) Nivenskoye Nivenskoye (Europe)
Coordinates	54°33′42″N 020°36′12″E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Site history
Built	1945
In use	1945 - 2002
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: XMWN
Elevation	20 metres (66 ft) AMSL
Runways
07/25	2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Nivenskoye (also Severnyi, Uzhnyi & Yezau (US)) (Russian: Южный) is an former interceptor aircraft air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 17 km south of Kaliningrad. A large mile-wide taxiway ring on west side fed a series of aircraft revetments. There were remote bomber or alert revetments for about 5 aircraft. It is abandoned and in a state of decay as of 2000.

Nivenskoye was a Second World War airfield, which was blown up by the Germans in 1945 during their retreat.[1] It was rebuilt by the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1950 using Soviet soldiers and German civilians.[1] By 1951 it had a length of 1500 m (4920 ft) and was used by the Soviet Air Force.[1] By 1957 up to 25 MiG-15 (Fagot) aircraft were based at the airfield.[2]

From October 1952 Nivenskoye was home to 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (689 Gv IAP, see ru:689-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк) flying the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Mach 1951-1954; the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 and MiG-17P, October 1953-1957; the MiG-19S/P, October 1956-1977; the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23M, 1977-1989; and the Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker," a total of 36, from 1989.[3] The regiment had received the honorary name "Sandomierz", in 1944, for participation in the Lvov-Sandomierz operation, and in the same year it was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. The airbase was also home to 288th Independent Helicopter Regiment (288 OVP) flying Mil Mi-24 K and R models and Mil Mi-8.[4]

689 Gv IAP & 288th Independent Helicopter Regiment based at Uzhnyi moved to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk, also within the Kaliningrad Oblast, during August 2002.

References

Yezau Airfield, 6 August 1952, CIA CREST: CIA-RDP82-00457R013100280005-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/689gviap.htm and "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
"288th independent Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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[cia-yezau-1] Yezau Airfield, 6 August 1952, CIA CREST: CIA-RDP82-00457R013100280005-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

[2] AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

[3] ttps://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/689gviap.htm and "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.

[4] "288th independent Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 5 January 2023.