Yuzhny Airport () is an airport in Russia located 6 km southwest of

Oryol Oryol ( rus, Орёл, p=ɐˈrʲɵl, lit. ''eagle''), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast situated on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Fed ...

. It services small transports and has a considerable general aviation presence. From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was a military airbase, with the based

472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment The 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment ( Military Unit Number 61364) was a regiment of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, which later came under Russian command. The regiment was formed at the beginning of 1950. It was formed on 15 May 1950 at Orel at th ...

( PVO) flying respectively the Yak-17, MiG-15, MiG-17 and MiG-19.

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Defunct airports Soviet Air Force bases Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in Oryol Oblast {{Russia-airport-stub