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Matrosovo is a former air base on Sakhalin Island, Russia located 14 km north of Leonidovo. It served as a dispersal airfield for military aircraft on Sakhalin Island during the Cold War.

Matrosovo
IATA: none ICAO: XHST
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Soviet Air Force
Location	Leonidovo
Elevation AMSL	335 ft / 102 m
Coordinates	49°24′6″N 142°53′0″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 11,483 3,500 Dirt

Matrosovo was identified on Western Intelligence documents around 1962.[1] The Central Intelligence Agency's collection of declassified documents do not show that any aircraft were ever observed at this airfield, and no documents after 1970 reference the airfield.

In 1985 a Tupolev Tu-16 from Khorol crashed at or near this airfield. Matrosovo was not used after the Cold War and has fallen into a state of decay.

References

• RussianAirFields.com

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