Nivenskoye
Uzhnyi was an interceptor aircraft air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 17 km south of Kaliningrad. A large mile-wide taxiway ring on west side fed a series of aircraft revetments. There were remote bomber or alert revetments for about 5 aircraft. It is abandoned and in a state of decay as of 2000.
Nivenskoye was a WWII airfield, which was blown up by the Germans in 1945 during their retreat. It was rebuilt by the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1950 using Soviet soldiers and German civilians. By 1951 it had a length of 1500 m and was used by the Soviet Air Force. By 1957 up to 25 MiG-15 aircraft were based at the airfield.
Later during the Cold War it was home to 689 Gv IAP flying MiG-23s in the 1980s and 36 Su-27P by the 1990s. It was also home to 288 OVP flying Mi-24 K and R models and Mi-8.
689 Gv IAP & 288 OVP based at Uzhnyi moved to Chkalovsk during August 2002.
