Ovruch

51°16'24"N 028°43'18"E

Runway: 08/28 - 2500x..m/8202x..ft - concrete

Ovruch airfield (Russian: Авиабаза Овруч, also known as Ovruch Air Base) was an airbase 155kilometers northwest of Kiev.
The airfield is assumed to have been built by the Soviet Air Force in the 1960s.
Between 1973 and 1975 the airfield was home to  69 OUTAP, 14VA (69 Fighter Training Regiment) operating MiG-17UTI  and MiG-15.
The unit existed as the 69th APIB (Su-17M3) until 1989, when they converted to the Su-24 'Fencer' fighter-bomber.
As a Fencer unit they were known as 69th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Su-24).
After the breakup of the Soviet Union and the independence of Ukraine, the Fencers moved to Lviv in 1993.

From internet sources and aerial photography, the airbase seemed abandoned in 2012.


Ovruch in 2008, according to Google Earth.

Ovruch in 2021, according to Google Earth.