Danilovo (air base)

Danilovo is an air base in Mari El Republic, Russia located 11 km east of Yoshkar-Ola. It was a small interceptor aircraft airfield, now used by a Helicopter Squadron of the Missile forces.

Danilovo
Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El in Russia
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Strategic Rocket Forces
Location
Danilovo Shown within Mari El Show map of Mari El Danilovo Danilovo (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	56°39′36″N 048°2′0″E
Site history
Built	1952 (1952)
In use	1952 - present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: XWKD
Elevation	117 metres (384 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 16/32 2,350 metres (7,710 ft) Concrete

The base is currently home to the 108th independent Helicopter Squadron^[1] of the 14th Kievsko-Zhitomirskaya order of Kutuzov Missile Division^[2] of the 27th Guards Vitebskaya Red Banner Missile Army.^[3]

The base was home to the 681st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between 1952 and 1994.^[4]