Yevpatoria Airport

{{Infobox airport | name = Yevpatoria aircraft repair plant<BR>Evpatoria Aviation Repair Plant<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scramble.nl/planning/orbats/russian-federation/russian-federation-aircraft-repair-plants#UKFE740|title=Russian Aircraft Repair Plants -Evpatoria (UKFE)|publisher=Scramble.nl|access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref> | nativename = Євпаторійський авіаційний ремонтний завод | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = NASA FIRMS 2025-11-02 Yevpatoria.png | image-width = | caption = Satellite imagery of Yevpatoria Airport | IATA = | ICAO = UKFE | pushpin_map = Crimea | pushpin_label = UKFE | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Yevpatoria Airport in Crimea | type = Military | operator = | city-served = | location = Yevpatoria, Crimea | elevation-f = 33 | elevation-m = 10 | coordinates = {{Coord|45|13|32|N|33|22|36|E|display=inline,title}} | website = http://www.earz.narod.ru/main.html | metric-elev = | metric-rwy = | r1-number = 06/24 | r1-length-f = 6,600 | r1-length-m = 2,011 | r1-surface = Concrete | stat-year = | stat1-header = | stat1-data = | stat2-header = | stat2-data = | footnotes = }}

'''Yevpatoria Airport "''Yevpatoria aircraft repair plant''"''' ({{langx|uk|Євпаторійський авіаційний ремонтний завод}}, {{langx|ru|Евпаторийский авиационный ремонтный завод}}) {{Airport codes||UKFE}} is an airport in Yevpatoria, Crimea. The airport is located just east of the city.

==Military use==

The airport has been used by the: * 53rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between 1952 and 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/53iap.htm|title=53rd Dombrovskiy order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref> * 355th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between 1954 and 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/355iap.htm|title=355th orders of Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref> * 925th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between 1954 and 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/925iap.htm|title=925th Shumsko-Kremenetskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref>

== History and development==

The '''State enterprise of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "''Evpatoria aircraft repair plant''"''' (Also known as '''EARZ''') was founded on November 25, 1939 (took roots in 1926). On November 12, 1991 passenger aircraft Yak-42 landed at the aerodrome "Evpatoria". From that moment the plant became the first military enterprise that was allowed to repair civil aircraft.

The plant has relations with India, Angola, Bulgaria, Mexico, Columbia and various air companies of the world.

Since 1995 the plant has maintained relations with the Antonov Design Bureau. One result of such a cooperation was mastering of An-12 maintenance by EARZ specialists. Then, in 1999, the plant began the mastering of periodic maintenance and works on maintenance certification of aircraft An-24, An-26 and An-32. Volume of production in 1999 increased in comparison with 1998 by 3.2 times.

Evpatoria aircraft repair plant has appropriate certificates for performing works on civil aircraft.

In 2002 Quality Management System was applied on the plant in accordance with national and international standards ISO 9000, AS 9000, national and international Aviation Regulations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kavr.com.ua/en/enterprise?id=5 |title=History and Development |access-date=2011-03-05 |archive-date=2011-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222165054/http://www.kavr.com.ua/en/enterprise?id=5 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Plans===

To implement the General Plan of city of Evpatoria, as well as the Strategic Plan for Economic and Social Development of Evpatoria for the period up to 2015, state-owned enterprise of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Evpatoria aircraft repair plant in conjunction with the Directorate of Investment Policy and Foreign Economic Relations of Evpatoria city council developed the concept of business project plan to build in Evpatoria Airport.

Executive Committee in accordance with the decision of the City Council sent a letter to the Minister of Defence with the request to transfer to communal ownership of the territorial community of the city of Evpatoria runway with the adjacent military airfield taxiway grade 2.

The aim of this project is to create high-tech enterprise, which in the long term can serve multimodule passenger and freight node Western Crimea.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://yarmarka.crimea.ua/?cat=22 |title=Future Plans |access-date=2011-03-05 |archive-date=2012-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320234859/http://yarmarka.crimea.ua/?cat=22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also == {{Portal|Ukraine|Russia|Aviation}} *List of airports in Ukraine *Yevpatoria *Євпаторійський авіаційний ремонтний завод

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Airports built in the Soviet Union Category:Airports in Crimea Category:Transport of Yevpatoria Category:Buildings and structures in Yevpatoria