Polessk (air base)

TypeAir Base

OwnerMinistry of Defence

OperatorSoviet Air Forces

Coordinates54°50′15″N 21°07′13″E / 54.83750°N 21.12028°E / 54.83750; 21.12028

Polessk Labiau
Polessk, Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Soviet Air Forces
Location
Polessk Shown within Kaliningrad Oblast Show map of Kaliningrad Oblast Polessk Polessk (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	54°50′15″N 21°07′13″E / 54.83750°N 21.12028°E / 54.83750; 21.12028
Site history
Built	1945 (1945)
In use	1945 - 1970 (1970)
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: ZD6S
Elevation	5 metres (16 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26 2,000 metres (6,562 ft) Metall plate

Polessk is a former airbase of the Soviet Air Forces located near Polessk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

The base was home to the:

• 335th Assault Aviation Division between 1945 and 1946^[1]
• 60th Fighter Aviation Division between 1957 and 1960^[2]
  • 211th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1957 and 1960 with the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (ASCC: Fresco)^[3]
  • 938th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1957 and 1960 with the MiG-17^[4]
  • 939th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1957 and 1960 with the MiG-17^[5]