NOVOSIBIRSK AIRFRAME PLANT CHKALOV NO 153 NOVOSIBIRSK, USSR

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• Publication Date: August 1, 1964
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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NOVOSIBIRSK AIRFRAME PLANT
CHKALOV NO 153
NOVOSIBIRSK, USSR
DECLASS REVIEW by NIMA/DOD
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NOVOSIBIRSK AIRFRAME PLANT CHKALOV NO 153, NOVOSIBIRSK, USSR
Novosibirsk, USSR (Figure 1). The plant is
adjacent to Novosibirsk Airfield Northeast
and is served by major roads
and rail spurs.
Novosibirsk Airframe Plant Chkalov No
153 was observed on photograph fro
Figure 3).
that time the plant contained approximately
2,459,315 square feet of floorspace. Acompar-
ison of the earlier photography with that from
reveals
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additions containing approximately 693,875
square feet of floorspace (Figures 2 and 3).
The additions include a final assembly hall
(item 1, Figure 2 and Table 1), a repair hangar
(item 7), a workshop/machine shop (item 10),
and a subassembly/machine shop under con-
struction (item 15). The hangar (item 8, Fig-
ure 2 and Table 1), two workshops (items 13
and 14), and the warehouse (item 16) have also
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Table 1. Description of Facilities at Novosibirsk Airframe Plant Chkalov No 153
(Items are keyed to Figure 2)
Dimensions
(ft)
Floorspace
(sq ft)
Floors pace
(sq ft)
Final assembly hall
775 x 190
12 Administration buildi
ng, Irreg
ular
x 70h
three stories
Workshop/machine shop
Irregular
140,040
13 Workshop
640 x
170
108,800
Final assembly hall
1,150 x 105
120,750
14 Workshop
640 x
145
92,800
x 40h
15 Subassembly/machine
shop 925 x
340
314,500
Subassembly section
Irregular
580,000
under construction
Subassembly/machine shops
Irregular
382,800
16 Warehouse
600 x
130
78,000
Workshop
Irregular
45,600
17 Workshop/warehouse
640 x
100
64,000
Repair hangar
160 x 11.0
17,600
18 Foundry
Irreg
ular
30,275
Hangar
Irregular
77,600
19 Workshop
290 x
100
29,000
Workshop
380 x 185
70,300
20 Workshop
330 x
100
33,000
Workshop/machine shop
375 x 265
99,375
Total floorspace of numbered buildings
2,5
Administration building,
Irregular
96,350
Total floorspace of other buildings
556,150
two stories
Total floorspace of plant
3,153,190
Dimensions
(ft)
Road
Fence
Double fence
Building
Building under construction
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and was complete
The repair hangar and the
The construction
of the subassembly/machine shop was evident
in it appears that the building
will be completed in the near future.
Novosibirsk Airfield Northeast, which
serves the plant as a test and flyaway field, has
two serviceable northeast/southwest concrete
runways. The shorter runway was extended
from 6,600 feet to its present dimensions of
Construction of the longer run-
way had begun by0 the runway now
appears to be complete, with overall dimensions
of 9,500 by 250 feet. The two runways are
joined by four crossovers and are connected by
taxiways to the airframe plant. One probable
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and 3 small straight-wing aircraft were observed
at the airfield in I I
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