Marienkhof
Marienkhof (German) (Dunayevka (Russian), Kottslyauken (US)) is an air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 10 km south of Pionersky. It was in use during the 1950s and has been abandoned near the end of the Cold War. It has a spartan layout, unimproved pads, if any, and an alert strip feeding directly onto the runway threshold.[1]
Marienkhof/Dunayevka | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Location | Pionersky, Kaliningrad | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 190 ft / 58 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°51′54″N 020°11′6″E | ||||||||||
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In the mid-1950s up to 75 Ilyushin Il-28 (Beagle) tactical bombers were based at Marienkhof.[2] There was a significant drawdown in forces by 1962, by which aircraft were rarely observed at the airfield except for the occasional Il-28,[3] indicating Marienkhof became a reserve airfield.
It is now the location of Pionersky Radar Station.[4]
References
- https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/pionersky.htm
- AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, p. 78.
- 196204_MISSION COVERAGE INDEX MISSION 9031 27-28 FEBRUARY 1962 1-3 MARCH 1962, CREST: CIA-RDP78B04560A000100010064-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- Podvig, Pavel (2011-11-29). "Voronezh-DM radar near Kaliningrad is operational". Russian strategic nuclear forces. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
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