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
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location
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
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]