Rogachevo Рогачёво Alternate names Belushya (US), Rogachvo Location 9 km NE Belaya Country RU Coordinates 71° 37.0' N 52° 28.7' E (71.6167,52.4783) Elevation 295 m (968 ft) Runway 16/34 2500x40 m (8202x131 ft) 003-183°T (CONC) Usage Military Comments and history A major air base, by far the largest on Novaya Zemlya Island. It is under the control of Arctic Control Group for use as a possible staging base for intercontinental bomber flights. It is primarily an interceptor base, home to 641 Gv IAP. It originally flew Yak-28P Firebar interceptors, but upgraded in the 1980s to 32 Su-27 interceptor aircraft. It also had 2 Mi-8 helicopters in 1991. The 641 Gv IAP (Su-27) was transferred from Rogachevo to Afrikanda in September 1993 .     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=71.6167,52.4783&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=71.6167,52.4783&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=71.6167,52.4783 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=71.6167,52.4783&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=71.6167,52.4783 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=71.6167&lon=52.4783&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=71.6167_N_52.4783_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Department of Defense / Tactical Pilotage Chart (TPC) (2002 edition) 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