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Umbozero (also Umba) is a Soviet Naval Aviation and Russian Navy reserve airfield[1] in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located in the southwest Kola Peninsula 3 km north of Umbozero. It is located 165 km southeast of Murmansk. This airfield provides 20 revetments for combat aircraft.

For the lake, see Umbozero Lake

Umbozero
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Umbozero
Elevation AMSL	518 ft / 158 m
Coordinates	67°31′0″N 034°18′36″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8,202 2,500 Concrete

Umbozero was identified in the early 1960s by US reconnaissance aircraft, but only a few aircraft were observed at the airfield.[2] In summer 1967 the runway was being paved.[3] No regiment is believed to have been assigned permanently to the base, and as it contains almost no infrastructure it is thought to be a dispersal airfield for tactical aircraft.

Umbozero South airfield

A nearby airfield with a 3000 m runway, listed on charts as "Umbozero South", exists 16 km south of Umbozero airfield. Like Umbozero, it has almost no infrastructure. It is also categorized as a naval reserve airfield.[4][5] It was one of nine Arctic staging bases for the Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire).[6]

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