Savatiya (air base)

Savatiya (also Kotlas South, Savati, or Savvatiya) (ICAO: ULKS) is a former Russian Air Force air base in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 29 km south of Kotlas. It is a small interceptor airfield. It was home to 445th Interceptor Aviation Regiment (445 IAP) between 1967 and 1993, which received Tupolev Tu-128 (ASCC: Fiddler) aircraft in 1967, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (ASCC: Foxbat) aircraft by the late 1970s, and Mikoyan MiG-31 (ASCC: Foxhound) by the 1990s.^[1][2] It is also listed as being home to 458th Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment (458 IAP) which flew MiG-31s in the 1990s.^[3]

Savatiya Savatiya-Kotlas
Kotlas, Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia
Savatiya Shown within Arkhangelsk Oblast Show map of Arkhangelsk Oblast Savatiya Savatiya (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	60°59′42″N 046°52′12″E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Site history
Built	1967 (1967)
In use	1967 - 2010 (2010)
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: ULKS
Elevation	97 metres (318 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 12/30 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

The base was also used by the 470th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment from 1993.^[4]

References

1. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
2. "445th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO imeni Leninskiy Komsomol". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
3. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
4. "72nd Guards Polotskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 January 2023.