Saky (air base)

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Saky
Saky, Crimea Near Novofedorivka in Ukraine
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Coordinates	45°5′35″N 33°35′42″E / 45.09306°N 33.59500°E / 45.09306; 33.59500
Type	Air Base
Site information
Operator	Russian Navy - Russian Naval Aviation
Controlled by	Black Sea Fleet
Site history
In use	Unknown to present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: UKFI
Elevation	180 metres (591 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04R/22L 3,175 metres (10,417 ft) Concrete

Saky (Ukrainian and Russian: Саки) is an air base adjacent to the settlement of Novofedorivka, Crimea. It was initially built by the Soviet Union in the 1930s, and has been operated under both Ukrainian and Russian sovereignty since 1992.

Since 2014, following the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the annexation of Crimea by Russia, the base has been operated by the Russian Ministry of Defence. The base is home of the 43rd Independent Naval Assault Aviation Regiment [ru] operating Sukhoi Su-24M/MR, Sukhoi Su-30SM and Tupolev Tu-1344A-4 aircraft.^[1][2] It is also the location of the Russian NITKA ("Scientific testing simulator for shipborne aviation") land-based aircraft carrier training and test simulator.