Polotsk/Borovitsy Alternate names Borovitsi (US), Polotsk Northwest (US), Borovtsy Location 16 km NW Polatsk Country BY Coordinates 55° 36.5' N 28° 40.7' E (55.6083,28.6783) Elevation 139 m (456 ft) Runway 10/28 2500x45 m (8202x148 ft) 106-286°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 276 BVB (Mi-8) (Mi-24). Comments and history Cold War air base with sprawling taxiway area and pads for about 40 aircraft.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=55.6083,28.6783&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.6083,28.6783&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=55.6083,28.6783 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.6083,28.6783&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=55.6083,28.6783 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=55.6083&lon=28.6783&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=55.6083_N_28.6783_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved