Baku Kala Air Base is a
military airbase
An air base (sometimes referred to as a military air base, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base) is an aerodrome used as a military base by a military force for the operation ...
in
Baku (also known as Bakü or Baki), the capital of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
.
After the collapse of the USSR military, aircraft was relocated to airfields in Russia, and the
Azerbaijani Air Force
Azerbaijani Air Forces and Air Defence often referred to as the Azerbaijani Air Force ( az, Azərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri) is the air force and air defence force of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
History
The roots of the current organisat ...
used the airport. Currently, the airport is based 843rd Mixed Aviation Regiment BBC Azerbaijan.
Facilities
The air base resides at an
elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Ver ...
of above
mean sea level
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For a data set, the '' ari ...
. It has one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
designated 18/36 with a
concrete
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surface measuring .
See also
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List of airports in Azerbaijan
This is a list of airports in Azerbaijan, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Azerbaijan, formally the Republic of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea ...
References
Airports in Azerbaijan
Soviet Air Force bases
Azerbaijani Air Force bases
Transport in Baku
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