Khorol Airfield

Khorol Airfield, also known in the US intelligence community as Khorol East, is a Soviet Naval Aviation base in Primorsky Krai, Russia located 3 km (2 mi) east of Khorol, Russia. Khorol was designed as a heavy bomber airfield. It was subordinate to the Far East Air Army.[1] However it was largely a Soviet Naval Aviation base.

Khorol

Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Air Force
LocationKhorol, Primorsky Krai
BuiltUnknown
In useUnknown
Elevation AMSL312 ft / 95 m
Coordinates44°27′01″N 132°07′31″E
Map
Khorol
Location in Primorsky Krai
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 12,139 3,700 Concrete
Khorol Airfield as seen on declassified satellite imagery in 1966.

After a runway extension in 1964 from 2500 m to 3700 m[2] it had one of the largest runways in eastern Russia.

It was jointly occupied by two regiments of the Pacific Fleet Air Force.[1] One of these was the 5264 ODRAP (Independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) operating Tupolev Tu-142 Bear aircraft.[3] The other was a Tupolev Tu-16 Badger bomber regiment[4] which numbered as many as 71 aircraft in a 1964 survey.

The other major heavy bomber base in Primorskiy Krai is Vozdvizhenka air base, 39 mi (62 km) to the southwest. It targets the United States and has nuclear storage facilities, while Khorol's interest is primarily Pacific naval activity and has no nuclear storage.[1]

References
  1. Khorol Airfield East, Khorol, USSR, Central Intelligence Agency, 27 September 1966.
  2. OAK Mission 1013-1, 3-6 November 1964, Central Intelligence Agency, November 1964.
  3. Mission KH1046-2, Khorol Airfield East, Khorol, USSR, Central Intelligence Agency, 7 April 1968.
  4. SOVIET MILITARY BUILDUP ALONG THE CHINA BORDER AND IN MONGOLIA, CIA-RDP78T05162A000100010038-9, Central Intelligence Agency, February 1, 1971.


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