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{{Short description|Military airbase in Baku, Azerbaijan}}
{{Infobox airport
| name                = Baku Kala Air Base
| nativename          =
| image               =
| IATA                = ''none''
| ICAO                = UB18
| pushpin_map         = Azerbaijan
| pushpin_mapsize     = 230
| pushpin_mark        = Airplane_silhouette.svg
| pushpin_label       = Baku Kala
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of air base in Azerbaijan
| type                = Military
| owner               =
| operator            = [[Azerbaijani Air Force]]
| location            = [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]]
| elevation-f         = 40
| elevation-m         = 12
| coordinates         = {{coord|40|24|23|N|050|12|00|E|region:AZ-BA|display=inline,title}}
| website             =
| metric-rwy          = y
| r1-number           = 18/36
| r1-length-m         = 2,643
| r1-length-f         = 8,670
| r1-surface          = Concrete
| footnotes           = Source: [[DAFIF]]<ref name="WAD">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190830160728/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=AJ00016 Airport information for Baku Kala]}} from [[DAFIF]] (effective October 2006)</ref>
}}
'''Baku Kala Air Base''' is a [[military airbase]] in [[Baku]]<ref name="WAD" /> (also known as Bakü or Baki), the capital of [[Azerbaijan]].
The [[518th Fighter Aviation Regiment]] of the PVO was located at Baku Kala from 1949 to 1952.<ref>{{cite web|title=518th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/518iap.htm}}</ref>
After the collapse of the [[Soviet Armed Forces]], aircraft were relocated to airfields in Russia, and the [[Azerbaijani Air Force]] used the airport. Currently, the 843rd Mixed Aviation Regiment of the Azerbaijani Air Force is located here.
==Facilities==
The air base resides at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|40|ft|0}} above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 18/36 with a [[concrete]] surface measuring {{convert|2643|x|40|m|0}}.<ref name="WAD" />
==See also==
*[[List of airports in Azerbaijan]]
==References==
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[[Category:Airports in Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Soviet Air Defence Force bases]]
[[Category:Azerbaijani Air Force bases]]
[[Category:Transport in Baku]]
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