Alternate names: Shirak, Leninakan (US)
Location: 4 km S Gyumri, AM
Coordinates: 40°45'N 043°52'E Google TerraServer Multimap GeoURL
Elevation: 1524 m (5000 ft)
ICAO:UGEL
Runway:3220 m (10564 ft) (ASPH)
Military units:Mixed. 121 ShAE (5 Su-25, mid 1990s) (2 L-39, mid 1990s).
Services medium-sized airliners. Only 10 km from Turkish border. Terminal area parks 7 aircraft. S-300 antiaircraft missile systems are based here. On 02 Sep 1958 a U.S. Air Force C-130 ELINT plane was shot down here, killing 17.