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Kursk Vostochny Airport

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Kursk Vostochny Airport
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Kursk Vostochny Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Курск-Восточный) (IATA: URS, ICAO: UUOK),[1] also known as Khalino airbase, Kursk-Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia, with a single 2,500 m (8,200 ft) 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.

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Khalino airbase was home to:

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.[7]

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NASA's 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.[8] The Kursk governor blamed the fire on a drone strike amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]

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.[9]

On 31 July 2024 the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck military storage near the airbase, causing fire detected by NASA's FIRMS.[10]

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. [11]

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Airlines and destinations

RusLine provided limited scheduled commercial service to Moscow–Vnukovo as of 2018,[12] and to Saint Petersburg and Sochi as of 2019.[13] All commercial service at the airport was halted in February 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

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Annual passenger traffic at UUOK airport. See Wikidata query.

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