Wednesday August 5th Unidentified An-72, 88073 did a quick turnaround in the afternoon.
Rundradion
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VHF, UHF, AIS, ADSB, WWW. Tracking military traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia via ATC comms. Tracking data here https://pastebin.com/m57symM8
Tuesday August 4th Unidentified An-26 10479 left for mainland Russia in the morning. Came back in the evening. The Il-20M kept multiple QRA:s occupied today too, sniffing signals in the south Baltic sea.
Monday August 3rd An-26 97952 left for mainland Russia in the morning. RF-26272, an An-26 from Federal Border Guards Aviation Command arrived in the afternoon and left a few hours later. Il-20M with friends where out in the south Baltic sea. Quite busy day for the QRA:s
Sunday August 2nd "Black pearl" Tu-134-A4 left noticeably early in the morning, around 06:00 local time. RF-76702 Il-76MD left before lunch An-26 10479 arrived in the afternoon
Saturday August 1st Unidentified An-72, 88073 arrived before lunch, did a short turnaround and left two hours later. Il-76MD, RF-76702 (first visit) also arrived before lunch. Tu-134A-4 "Black pearl" RF-12037 arrived in the afternoon.
Friday July 31st No arrivals or departures today. The Il-20M SIGINT aircraft that arrived yesterday was out around lunch sniffing signals in the south Baltic sea. Met up by multiple QRA:s.
Thursday July 30th "Kaliningrad Express" An-26 10479 left for mainland Russia in the morning. SIGINT aircraft Il-20M 54301 arrived after lunch.
Wednesday July 29th Unidentified An-72 left before lunch. Il-76MD RF-76731 left in the afternoon.
Tuesday July 28th RF-76731, Il-76MD arrived early evening Unidentified An-72, 74227 arrived soon after
Monday July 27th RF-76325, an Il-76TD arrived in the afternoon.
Saturday July 25th Il-20M 54301 that arrived during the night yesterday, left around lunch today. Was met up by multiple QRA:s
Friday July 24th Il-20M SIGINT aircraft 54301 arrived during the night (~02:00 local time) which is a first (see attached table). Arrivals for the Il-20M are usually during the morning or before lunch. 54301 was met up by at least one QRA.
Thursday July 23rd Unidentified An-26 84777, that arrived yesterday, left in the morning.
Wednesday July 22nd There we have some traffic again... Unidentified An-12, 09705 arrived in the morning and left a few hours later. Standard procedure for these An-12:s An-26, 97952 left before lunch.
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.
Thursday July 16th RA-78840 left in the morning, with transponder on. 74238 had a "better" background noise today, and sounds like a An-72. Was unsure yesterday about that one.
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.
Monday July 13th Busy day... SIGINT platform Il-20M arrived in the afternoon. Almost a month since the last visit. Visited by at least one QRA 43501 a possible two-ship Su-30:s left in late afternoon. 43501 arrived on July 8th. Visited by at least one QRA.
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.
Thursday July 9th An-26 stationed in Kaliningrad left as 97952 in the morning. RA-78840 Il-76MD that came yesterday left before lunch. Correction in the spreadsheet. It does run with Mode-S/ADS-B transponder on.
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.
