What is the Kalachevo airfield? How is he good? We will consider these and other questions in the article. According to reliable information, an abandoned base for its maintenance is located near the airfield. From this we can conclude that previously Kalachevo was a military air gate with its own history.
Description
Today, the Kalachevo airfield is a sports terminal of national aviation, which is located in the Chelyabinsk region in the Kopeysk urban district. It is part of the structure of the Chelyabinsk airport. Designed for flying, special aircraft and rescue operations, sporting events in flight sports, parachuting. It is an auxiliary airport of the Chelyabinsk terminal.
It is known that the Kalachevo airfield accepts the following types of aircraft:
- all types of helicopters with a maximum take-off weight of not more than 12,000 kg;
- all types of aircraft with the highest take-off weight of not more than 7000 kg.
Aerodrome Characteristics
Kalachevo airdrome is equipped with a rectangle-shaped airfield elongated from northwest to southeast. Its dimensions are 2000 x 700 m. The airfield has a flat surface covered with grass cover, which is an unstable turf. With the exception of autumn-spring thaw, it is used year-round.
If precipitation falls to 10-12 mm, then the ground taxiways and runways become unusable. The highest permissible reduced load on a single-wheel conditional pair is 8 kg / cm².
Radio communication is performed at a frequency of 122.75 MHz, the callsign is “Gabriel”.
Runways
The Kalachevo airport (Chelyabinsk) has three runways:
- the main asphalt concrete strip 13/31, having a length of 600 m, a width of 30 m, code PCN29 / F / B / Y / T;
- additional soil 13D / 31D with a length of 1800 m and a width of 60 m;
- reserve soil 1800 m long and 30 m wide.
The geographical coordinates of the airfield: altitude 226 m, 54 ° 57'17 ”s. W, 061 ° 30'14 ”in. The basic operator of the air hub is the regional flying club of Chelyabinsk DOSAAF of the Russian Federation.
The aerodrome is also used by:
- regional aero club of Chelyabinsk “Kalachevo” (profile - parachute jumps and flight practice on SMA);
- ChelAvia airline (profile - ultra-small private aviation (SMA), flight training for SMA).
Flight training
In the air harbor of Kalachevo (Chelyabinsk), instructors teach flight amateur pilots on the An-2 and Yak-52. Here, people who have the certificates of a commercial aviation pilot and amateur pilot, trying not to forget anything from the training, perform flights on these types of aircraft. For beginners, they can offer parachute jumps from the AN-2 aircraft and familiarization flights.
How can I get to?
How to get to the Kalachevo airport in Chelyabinsk by car? Leave the city along the Trinity Road. When you drive through the flooded parks, you will see Lake Sineglazovo on the right side. Follow the signs: move until turning on Etkul, which goes to the right to the viaduct.
Here the landmarks are the signs "October", "Kurgan" and "Etkul". Then turn and drive to the viaduct. Continue through the railway straight to the bridge. On the pillar before the turn you will see the blue designation “Kalachevo Airfield”. Turn right and drop into the flying club.
You can also get to this terminal by public transport. In this case, you need to catch any bus that takes you to Etkul. Buses run from the Northern bus station and from the regional hospital. The schedule of public transport can be found at the bus station. Next, ask the driver to make a stop near the Kalachevo airport. The basic reference point for the stop is the blue pointer “Kalachevo Aerodrome”, which we talked about above, and the poster on the post marked “Skydiving, flight training, aerobatics Yak-52”.
Air park
Many people like to fly at the Kalachevo airport in Chelyabinsk. The fleet of this airport has the following aircraft:
- board P2006 Twin (Italy, Tecnam);
- board P2002 Sierra (Italy, Tecnam);
- board P92 Echo Super (Italy, Tecnam);
- spinner Eurocopter EC135 (Germany, Eurocoper);
- Helicopter Robinson R-44 (USA, Robinson Helicopters).
Supervises flights Boris Vladimirovich Zavyalov.
Chelyabinsk flying club
Having visited the Chelyabinsk flying club DOSAAF of the Russian Federation, you can take a parachute jump from a height of 800 m worth from 3000 rubles. You can also be offered a jump with a coach from a height of 2.5 thousand meters with video and photography, which will cost you 6200 rubles.
On board the AN-2, the flight costs from 1,500 rubles, and on the Yak-52 - from 3,000 rubles. By the way, all aircraft in ChelAvia spend the night in hangars. For example, the board of a Tecnam P2002 Sierra can be transported on foot by one person, as the car weighs only 335 kg. And the board of the Tecnam P2006T can already be pulled by several people, since its weight is 800 kg.
Program
Do you want to become a skydiver? The exemplary training program for paratroopers in the Chelyabinsk flying club consists of a collection of three schemes:
- Introductory parachute jumps.
- Initial general training of paratroopers.
- Training athletes paratroopers.
With the help of this program, instructors prepare beginner paratroopers, pre-conscription youth for the RF Armed Forces in the profession of "paratrooper" and members of patriotic, sports, military-patriotic organizations.