Russia · elevation 479 ft AMSL
· 58.5039, 49.3478
Pobedilovo Airport (Kirov) is an airport with the ICAO code USKK and the IATA code KVX. Country: Russia. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Kirov. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the US prefix, which marks airports in Russia. The four-letter code USKK is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code KVX is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 58°30'14"N, 49°20'52"E, at an elevation of 479 ft (146 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Europe/Kirov.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | 30° | 2,204 m (7,230 ft) | 46 m (150 ft) | asphalt |
| 21 | 210° | |||
| 06 | 60° | 685 m (2,247 ft) | 20 m (65 ft) | grass |
| 24 | 240° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Pobedilovo Airport (Kirov) has 2 runways: 03/21 - 2,204 m long (7,230 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface; 06/24 - 685 m long (2,247 ft), 20 m wide, grass surface.
The longest of them is 03/21, at 2,204 m.
The airport combines paved and grass surfaces: 1 paved and 1 grass runway each.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 03/21 on 30° and 210° magnetic, 06/24 on 60° and 240° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 03/21 axis, wind from the south-east (around 120°) or from the north-west (around 300°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 30° or 210° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Pobedilovo Airport (Kirov) are published under the ICAO code USKK. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the USKK report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for USKK, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Europe/Kirov zone stays at GMT+03:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Yoshkar-Ola Airport (UWKJ, 218 km), Danilovo Air Base (Yoshkar Ola) (XWKD, 219 km), Sharya Airport (UUBQ, 221 km). When no report is available for USKK, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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