Military air base serving the Orsha region of Belarus.
Location
Orsha, Belarus
Orsha Airport, also known as Balbasovo Air Base, is a military airfield located near the city of Orsha in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus. It functions primarily as a military installation rather than a commercial passenger airport, and civilian traffic is extremely limited or nonexistent.
The facility is associated with the Belarusian Air Force and has historically served as a base for military aviation operations. Despite holding an IATA code (TXC) and ICAO designator (UMIO), scheduled commercial airline service is not operated from this location under normal circumstances.
Orsha is an industrial city situated on the Dnieper River in eastern Belarus, and any air travel needs of the region are typically served by larger airports in Minsk or Vitebsk.
Getting to & from
The air base is located near Balbasovo, a settlement southeast of Orsha, accessible by road from the city center.
Notable facts
- ›Primarily operates as a military air base for the Belarusian Air Force.
- ›Known locally as Balbasovo Air Base after the nearby settlement.
- ›Holds IATA code TXC and ICAO code UMIO despite negligible civilian operations.
- ›Located in the Vitebsk Region of eastern Belarus near the Dnieper River.
- ›No regular scheduled commercial passenger services are known to operate here.
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