Jubileiny Airfield
| Jubileiny Airfield Аэропорт Юбилейный |
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| ICAO code | UAON | ||
| IATA code | AOX | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 40 km north of Baikonur | ||
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| opening | 1982 | ||
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| 06/24 | 4500 m × 84 m concrete | ||
The airfield yubileyny ( Russian Аэропорт Юбилейный ) is a mainly used for military purposes airfield on the grounds of the cosmodrome Baikonur . It was created in 1982 as part of the Buran program as a landing pad for the Buran orbiters; For this purpose, a 4500 meter long runway made of specially hardened concrete was built in the north of the Baikonur complex with the highest technical effort. At the end of the runway there are devices for removing the payload of the Buran orbiter and for coupling the orbiter to the Antonov An-225 .
In fact, only one orbiter, Buran 1.01, landed fully automatically on its maiden flight at this airfield. However, the airfield was also used for the delivery of the parts for the construction of the Buran orbiter and the Energija launcher with the Myasishchev WM-T, which was specially converted for this purpose .
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, the airfield was closed and only used sporadically for state visits by high-ranking politicians. Between 1997 and 2011 there were also occasional scheduled and charter flights for visitors to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, but these were discontinued due to a lack of demand.