Rundradion
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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/raw/XyvXpnmK
Il-20M SIGINT aircraft arrived today at around 09:00UTC to Kaliningrad. Happy hunting to all QRA:s this week! Be safe!

Updates since last post in green.
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So we had more visits from civilian Il-76:s. In total three so far RA-76951, RA-76834 and RA-76846

Civilian Il-76 visits are five in total. Two in February and the last week three.

These are trackable on FR24 as they all have ADS-B-transponder.
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Regarding the An-124 yesterday. It came and left in close proximity with another aircraft, RA-76951.A civilian Il-76. They arrived within 30 minutes of each other, and left today.

According to the flight plan, the Il-76 will soon arrive in Urumqi, China. Could it be the same for the An-124?
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
An-124 (RF-82011) visiting today.

Since last update two arrivals from the "Black Pearl" RF-12041 (Tu-134-UB-L). That makes 4 visits in total in the last 30 days, and not previously seen.

Just a bit of a quirk, no arrivals or departures at all Monday and Tuesday. Not sure why.
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Il-78 "Midas" tanker that crossed into Lithuanian airspace on October 23:rd during AAR training, left Kaliningrad today at around 16:00UTC. The individual was RF-94289.

Updates since last post in green.

www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospa...
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
And because i wrote yesterday that no Il-20M SIGINT was seen last week, one arrived around 07:30 UTC today.

"First visit" by RA-76599 (Il-76MD)
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Last week or so traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia.

Not that much to note, no Il-20M this week that i heard of.

"First visit" by RF-86870 (Il-76M), RF-78813 (Il-76MD), RF-78894 (Il-76MD), RF-85655 (Tu-154M)

("First visit" meaning since i started logging in February)
October 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Vilnius closed again?

SAS746 turning around/holding.
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hmm there are mentions of balloons(?) at Vilnius airport on Guard (121.500). SAS742 talked about diverting to Palanga.
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Black Pearl", RF-10241 (Tu-134 UB-L) visiting again today, and a first visit from RF-76549 (Il-76MD)

Updates since last post in green.

(The Pastebin-link in my bio with my spreadsheet data is often updated more regularly than posting here)
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The SIGINT aircraft Il-20M that arrived on the 7:th left for mainland Russia around 09:30 UTC.

The An-124 that arrived yesterday departed a bit after 06:00 UTC.
October 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Is traffic picking up to/from Kaliningrad?

Four visits by the huge An-124:s in the last two weeks, with three visits the last three days.

First visits (in my book) from RA-73025 (Airbus A319-115), RF-86902 (Il-76MD), RA-82030 (An-124-100), RF-78794 (Il-76MD)
October 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Rare guest visiting Kaliningrad today, RF-12041 a Tu-134UB-L landed around 16:00 UTC. The Tu-134-UB-L is a trainer for Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 pilots.

theaviationist.com/2020/02/15/u...

Attached is also all other traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia since my last post.
October 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Update on the military traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia. It has been a while since the last update so the list is a bit longer. But all traffic has been accounted for.
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Hmm... 🤔 not sure what to make of an An-72 (callsign 61115) today.

At the same time as we seem to have a bunch of Mig-31/Su-30:s in the area (around 08:00 UTC) 61115 did a turnaround "according to flight plan".
September 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Military aircraft movements to/from Kaliningrad, Russia for the last week that are mostly not trackable on flight-trackers.

To note, Il-20M arrived this evening. Two "first visits" (in my logging) by RF-78661 and RF-76745, both Il-76:s. An-72:s working hard.
September 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Russian SIGINT aircraft (type Il-20M) left the Baltics this morning.

(Updates since last post in green)
September 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Regarding traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia, nothing exiting so far Zapad-wise other than RF-85856 (Tu-154M) seems to have increased its visits.

Updates since last post in green.

(Complete spreadsheet pasted here pastebin.com/raw/XyvXpnmK)
September 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The complete spreadsheet can be found in this paste and is regularly updated (also between posts here)

pastebin.com/raw/XyvXpnmK
https://pastebin.com/raw/XyvXpnmK
Date ID time (CET) Approx arr/dep time (UTC) arr/dep Call Reg First visit? Type Note FR24/Adsbexchange 2025-02-10 08:38 07:28 departure 57303 Pos. Tu-134AK no 2025-02-10 16:12 14:47 arrival 78757...
pastebin.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Zapad 2025" supposedly started today, but no sign in the traffic to/from Kaliningrad.

No arrivals or departures at all yesterday and today only two visits.

Updates since last post in green.
September 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Three visits by RF-85856 (Tu-154M) in the last ~28h. Dropping people off?

Il-20M SIGINT came yesterday and a first visit (in my list) by RF-93998, Antonov An-26KPA.

Updates since last post in green.
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A Tupolev Tu-214-PU (command post / VIP transport similar to C-32 or E-6B) currently visiting Kaliningrad, Russia as of lunch local time.

(Attached is a list on all movements the last few days to/from Kaliningrad, both visible and not visible on flight trackers. Updates since last post in green)
September 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Military traffic (mostly not visible on flight trackers) to and from Kaliningrad, Russia for the last week.

Traffic in green since last post.
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Third visit to Kaliningrad today for the An-124 (RF-82011).

I wonder what they are leaving off or fetching?
August 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Quite a lot of movements the last two days.

Two visits of an An-124 (RF-82011) yesterday and today. Still there. Yesterday it stayed for around 8 hours. It came in close succession with some other large aircrafts (An-12) yesterday.

The Il-20M that came on the 18:th left the Baltics today.
August 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM