Airport map and runways

Step Air Base (XIAS)

Chita, Russia · ICAO XIAS

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Map: OpenStreetMap contributors, captured 20 Oct 2026. North is up and the drawing is simplified. Each runway is labelled at its ends.

Location: Chita, Russia
ICAO code: XIAS
IATA code: None in our airport list
Elevation: 2,050 ft
Longest runway: 9,841 ft (09/27)
Runways: 1
Size class: Medium
Position: 51.0200, 115.4310

About XIAS

Step Air Base (XIAS) is a medium airport in Chita, Russia. Our airport list gives it no IATA code. It has one runway, 09/27, 9,841 ft long and 157 ft wide, with a hard surface. The OpenStreetMap layout shows 30 taxiway segments and 2 aprons. The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for XIAS.

Runways

Runways, longest first
Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
09 / 27	9,841 ft	157 ft	Hard	Lit

Runway idents and sizes from OurAirports. The runway headings in the source do not always match the idents, so only the idents are shown.

Scheduled routes

The route snapshot of 14 Oct 2026 has no scheduled routes for this airport.

Nearby airports with maps

The closest airports that have a map and a page here.

Cheryomushki Air Base (UIAI) 181 km (113 mi)
Chita-Kadala International Airport (HTA) 185 km (115 mi)
Manzhouli Xijiao Airport (NZH) 210 km (131 mi)
Krasnokamensk Airport (UIAE) 216 km (134 mi)
Choibalsan Airport (COQ) 326 km (202 mi)
Hulunbuir Hailar Airport (HLD) 372 km (231 mi)
Bada Air Base (XIAB) 388 km (241 mi)
Baruun Urt Airport (UUN) 510 km (317 mi)

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Sources: airport and runway data from OurAirports (public domain). Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Routes from Virtual Radar Server standing data (CC0), snapshot of 14 Oct 2026.