Airports / Russia / RU-8602
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
14 nm
To the nearest alternate
Gagarin International Airport (GSV) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Engels Air Base (RU-8602) is a mid-sized airport serving Saratov, Russia. The field lies at an elevation of 121 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
RU-8602 has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Gagarin International Airport (GSV, 14 nm), Bagay-Baranovka Air Base (RU-3709, 48 nm), and Balakovo Airport (BWO, 61 nm).
Quotes for flights out of RU-8602 vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Аэродром Энгельс. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from RU-8602, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
RU-8602
IATA
—
FAA / Local
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Elevation
121 ft
Coordinates
51.4805° N · 46.2150° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Russia fields
state range -66–2,812 ft
At 121 ft, RU-8602 sits lower than 79% of the 249 Russia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 14nmGSVGagarin International AirportSaratov
- 48nmRU-3709Bagay-Baranovka Air BaseSennoy
- 61nmBWOBalakovo AirportBalakovo
- 86nmXRWLLebyazhye Air BaseKamyshin
- 105nmRU-10047Rtishchevo Air BaseRtishchevo
- 107nmPEZPenza AirportPenza
Location
Open the full mapRU-8602 · Engels Air Base · Saratov, Russia