Rundradion
@rundradion
VHF, UHF, AIS, ADSB, WWW. Tracking military traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia via ATC comms. Tracking data here
84777, unidentified An-26 arrived. (Second aircraft ever starting with 84xxx. Anyone has knowledge on how these are assigned?) An-148 RA-61734 with callsign 26754 arrived after lunch and left a few hours later. Transponder was on.
Tuesday July 21st Day four without any registered traffic. Four consecutive days without traffic is unusual, but my dataset is still too short to draw firm conclusions i would say. Table shows longest gaps in traffic. (Data since February 2025)
Friday July 17th Il-20M SIGINT aircraft left for mainland Russia around lunch. An-26 10479 that left yesterday, came back in the evening.
10479, "Kaliningrad Express" An-26 left for mainland Russia. The Tu-154M, RA-85042 that came yesterday left in the early evening.
Wednesday July 15th Il-76MD, RF-78768 that arrived yesterday left before lunch. Tu-154M RA-85042 came early evening. Mode-S/ADS-B transponder on. RA-78840, Il-76MD also arrived with transponder on an hour later. Unidentified 74238, but plausible An-72 arrived in the evening.
Tuesday July 14th Il-76MD, RF-78768 arrived around lunchtime. Unidentified 64000 (but plausible RF-12000, Tu-134A-4 suggested from previous thread) left in the afternoon. Came on the 9th.
RF-12037, Tu-134A-4 left before lunch. Il-76MD-M RF-76668 also left before lunch. 88066, unidentified aircraft, possibly a An-72 did a quick visit and left in the afternoon
Sunday June 12th RF-12037 "Black pearl" Tu-134 arrived in the morning. Photo session with at least one QRA. RF-76668, Il-76MD-M arrived before lunch. The seventh visit since June 25.
Saturday July 11th RF-76668 did not depart yesterday, even though my vacation brain had it that way. It arrived, and left today, nothing else. Unidentified An-26 97952 arrived today. Left on the 9th.
Friday July 10th RA-85534, Tu-154B-2 that arrived yesterday left in the morning. RF-76668, left before lunch.
Unidentified with callsign 64000 (possibly a Tu-134) arrived before lunch. Visited by at least one QRA. RF-76668 IL-76MD-M left in the afternoon. Five visits since June 25th.
Wednesday July 8th Two fighter-jets, 10465 and 43501 arrived early evening. Sources point to Su-30:s of later version. Visited by multiple QRA:s. This makes three Su-30:s in a week. RA-78840, Il-76MD arrived in the afternoon. RF-76668, Il-76MD-M arrived in the evening.
Tuesday July 7th Il-76MD, RF-78809 that arrived yesterday left before lunch. RF-76668, a Il-76MD-M did a quick visit and left in the afternoon. Third visit in the last 10 days. RF-66001, The Tu-134AK that came on the 4th of July left in the afternoon.
Monday July 6th Il-76MD RF-78809 arrived in the afternoon. Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived with SUM9103/RA-89066 before lunch. Left as SUM9104 in the evening.
Sunday July 5th Unidentified An-72, 74223 came before lunch. Second visit this week.
RF-66001, a Tu-134AK arrived in the afternoon. "First visit" in my book. Unidentified An-26 10479, that left on the 26:th came back today.
Friday July 3rd Fighter jet arriving as 10463. Could be a Su-30 according to sources. An-72 74423 that arrived yesterday left in the afternoon. Il-76MD-M RF-76668 arrived early evening.
Wednesday July 1st Il-76MD RF-76641 that arrived yesterday evening departed around lunchtime.
Correction 2, RF-76641 that arrived on the 27th left on the 29th (which i missed), and then arrived again today. Its not fun to find an aircraft departing that has not arrived in your sheet. It takes an hour to re-listen just a few days.😖
Monday June 29th Il-76MD-M RF-76668 that arrived yesterday, left before lunch.
Saturday June 27th RF-78668 arrived before lunch. First entry (in my book) for this Il-76MD-90A Mystery 78609 departed. Its a 786xx which fits other Il-76:s but cant find any info. RF-76668, Il-76MD-M came for a second visit. RF-76641, IL-76MD arrived in the evening.
Friday June 26th Had one slip by yesterday due to a mumbling pilot, but caught it today when departing. RF-76668, a Il-76MD-M RF-12037, the Tu-134 that came yesterday, left before lunch. RF-76325, a Il-76TD arrived in the afternoon. And the Kaliningrad stationed An-26, 10479 did another run.
Unidentified An-26 "Kaliningrad Express" 10479 came back from mainland Russia. Unknown aircraft 78609 arrived. Any idea?
Wednesday June 24th Il-76:s RF-78768 and RF-78809 that came yesterday left before lunch. "Kaliningrad Express" An-26 10479 left for mainland Russia. RF-26272, a An-26 from Federal Border Guards Aviation Command, arrived.
Two Il-76 arrivals, RF-78768 and RF-78809. The later was queried from ATC controller on aircraft type. Unidentified An-12 did a quick turnaround.
Monday June 22nd Unidentified An-12, 09810 came and left before lunch RF-85534, a Tu-154 came and left around lunch, and arrived again late afternoon. Il-76 RF-78768 that came yesterday evening left in the morning.