Wednesday May 20:th Picture clean. (No aircraft today)

Tuesday May 19:th RF-66049, a Tu-134UBL from Ministry of Internal Affairs left for mainland Russia in the afternoon. Arrived May 16:th.

Monday May 18:th Not much happening today. Two An-26:s leaving, probably the regular "Kaliningrad Express". Arrival of An-26KPA RF-93998 The Antonov An-26KPA is a specialized variant of the Soviet-built Antonov An-26 transport aircraft.

Sunday May 17:th RF-76323, a Il-76MD-90A, a first time visitor stayed a few hours. (@thereccelizard caught it first and have some additional information, since it seems a bit of an outlier) It arrived with Mode A/C (non trackable) and left with Mode-S/ADS-B. bsky.app/profile/ther...

Saturday May 16:th One rare guest arrived in RIF6049. According to Google this should be RF-66049, a Tu-134UBL. These are hard to catch since the callsign is the same format as civilian aircraft.

Friday May 15:th RA-76503 left in the morning as "Crux 8083", as filed in the flight plan. One unidentified An-72 did a quick turnaround. The Il-20M SIGINT was out before lunch. Photo op with multiple QRA:s.

Thursday May 14:th Late (or early) arrival just after midnight local time with RF-78675 a Il-76MD-90A. Left in the afternoon. Yesterday i missed one private Il-76 that arrived, RA-76807/GLX9833. This one left before lunch as GLX9834. Came from Moscow and left for Novosibirsk.

Wednesday May 13:th One unidentified Il-18/20/22 etc. (54460) arrived in the afternoon. The Il-20M SIGINT aircraft that arrived yesterday was out during the evening sniffing signals. Visited by multiple QRA:s

Tuesday May 12:th Il-20M SIGINT aircraft (75383) arrived before lunch and took a spin in the south Baltic Sea before landing. Visited by multiple QRA:s. Unidentified An-12 (09811) did a quick visit in the afternoon an left after a few hours.

Monday May 11:th One An-72 (RF-70214) stopped by and and left a few hours later. An-26 (97952) that left on the 7:th came back today. This should be one of the An-26:s stationed in Kaliningrad (known pilot voice).

Sunday May 10:th No registered traffic today. As often on weekends.

Saturday May 9:th Pretty calm day with only a departure of RF-78681. As mentioned before, all data in the sheet can be found here pastebin.com/raw/m57symM8

Friday May 8:th One Il-76, RF-78681 arrived and the "Kaliningrad express" An-26 zoomed back and forth.

Thursday May 7:th. Both private Il-76:s (RA-76807 and RA-76373) left today for Novosibirsk. Nothing much else than the regular An-26:s

Wednesday May 6:th Il-76:s RF-78676 and RF-86898 left before lunch. The An-12 (09814) that was towing chick(s) yesterday did a similar run today. Question is if that is what it has done on the 24:th and 30:th of April also?

Tuesday May 5:th. An-12 (09814) took a quick visit and left a few hours later. Il-76 RF-86898 (first visit) and RF-78676 arrived. No sign of the Gelix Airlines Il-76:s yet.

Monday May 4:th. Two private Il-76:s arrived before lunch, RA-76807/GLX9829 and RA-76373/GLX9818. One came from Moscow and one from Ulyanovsk according to FR24. Private IL-76:s are quite rare and had only one this year until now.

Sunday May 3:rd. Nothing. Nada. The Tu-204-300 (RSD959) that arrived yesterday went home as declared by the flight plan a few hours later.

Saturday May 2:nd. A calm day overall. Only noted visitor is a Tu-204-300 (RA-64059) who came late evening, belonging to "Special Flight Squadron". Had two arrivals with this aircraft type last year so quite rare. This is tracked on FR24 and is scheduled to leave att 22:30 UTC.

Friday May 1:st. Not much happening. RF-76773 (Il-76) that came on the 29:th left for mainland Russia. The Kaliningrad stationed An-26 (44456) that left on the 29:th came back before lunch The unidentified An-26 (14121) that arrived on the 29:th left.

Thursday 30:th of April. RF-78813 (Il-76) that came on the 27:th left today. "Black pearl" RF-12041 also left before lunch. The Il-18/20/22 that came yesterday evening also left.

Wednesday 29:th of April. "Black pearl" Tu-134-UB-L (RF-12041) visiting and was greeted by multiple QRA:s. The regular An-26 (today with callsign 44456) which i stationed in Kaliningrad left for mainland Russia. At this point you know the aircraft by the pilot voice :)

Not much happening today. Il-76 RF-78794 departed at 10:30 UTC. No Il-20M SIGINT activity what it seems. There are probably one in Kaliningrad at the moment. Arrived on the 21:st. The Il-20M that had been stationed here since April 3:rd left for mainland Russia at the same time.

Will try to do more frequent updates due to Swedish military exercise "Aurora 26" starting today (with 13 participating countries, 18000 soldiers in and around the Baltic Sea). Today April 27:th, Kalinigrad saw arrival of two Il-76:s RF-78813 and RF-78794 (Updates since last post in green)

A while since an update, but here are all military arrivals and departures to/from Kaliningrad, Russia since my last post on the 5:th of April. All data can be found here: pastebin.com/m57symM8

Last week of military arrivals and departures from Kaliningrad, Russia (not tracked on FR24) To note the Il-20M SIGINT arrived on Friday evening which is unusual.

Military arrivals and departures to/from Kaliningrad, Russia. To note perhaps few more passenger aircraft arrivals than usual. 3x Tu-154M, 1x Tu-134AK, 1x An-148. Previous period (10 days) only 1x Tu-154M Also a An-124 (RF-82034) on the 24:th Updates since last post in green.

Military traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia since my last post March 5:th. The traffic has been quite high i would say. (Due to life i was a bit behind for a week, but all traffic has now been checked)

RA-96019 Il-96-300PU arrived this afternoon around 16:00 UTC. Not much else in the hours before or after.

An-124 RA-82037 visited Kaliningrad this afternoon. A short stop and headed back just a few hours later. Mode-S/ADS-B transponder was active. Updates since last post in green. See pastebin.com/m57symM8 for all data in the spreadsheet.

The Il-20M SIGINT aircraft left Kaliningrad for mainland Russia around 10:30 UTC, as usual on a friday. Also this week a few Il-76:s, where one did its first visit (since i started tracking a year ago)

Todays military movements to/from Kaliningrad, Russia. Just because i wrote yesterday that the Il-78 "Midas" tanker has not been seen, RF-94288 left Kaliningrad at around 16:00 UTC today. It arrived on February 8:th. One Il-20M SIGINT aircraft arrived around 13:00 UTC

Military movements to/from Kaliningrad, Russia for the past week. Nothing spectacular to mention. The Il-78 has not been heard leaving so presumably still there. A couple of An-72:s and the Tu-154M did two runs.

Il-20M SIGINT aircraft arrived today at around 08:00UTC. Per usual it took a sweep to the southwest Baltic Sea. Multiple QRA:s met up and escorted. Landed around 10:00UTC

Latest military movements to/from Kaliningrad, Russia. To mention one Il-78M refueling tanker (RF-94288) came on Tuesday February 3:rd and seems to have left on Thursday. Surprisingly short visit that usually last for 1-2 weeks.

First visit 2026 from the SIGINT Il-20M that came from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad at around 08:00UTC today. Callsign 75291. Several QRA:s visited for photo ops. Happy and safe hunting to the QRA:s the coming week!

Sorry! I got the An-124 RF-82034 wrong in my last post, and had to re-check. It arrived on the 12:th, left on the 13:th and came again today at lunch, and nothing else.

1/3 A while since i posted but all traffic has been accounted for. Fresh spreadsheet for 2026, same old planes. It has been quite slow as the Russian Christmas takes place January 7:th. To note RF-82034 (An-124) on the 13:th, and no sign of it leaving yet.

All tracking data that i have gathered during the year is available here pastebin.com/XyvXpnmK Would say it contains almost of all military traffic to/from Kaliningrad that uses ATC. 78% of the traffic in the list is not visible on any trackers due to not using ADS-B/Mode-S

One An-124 (RF-82034) arrived yesterday to Kaliningrad, Russia at around 14:00UTC and left today at 08:30UTC. "Black Pearl" (RF-12041/Tu-134-UBL) has been staying for a few days. Arrived on the 9:th, left yesterday the 15:th. Neither aircraft visible on trackers. Identified via ATC radio traffic.

Lagging a bit behind due to life but all traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia has now been accounted for. To note for the last week, Il-20M SIGINT visited, Black Pearl (RF-12041), and a bit more An-72:s than usual to mention a few. Updates since last post in green.

One An-124 (RF-82034) arrived yesterday to Kaliningrad, Russia with a few other interesting aircraft belonging to FSB (RA-85084 and RA-61712). It left today at around 10:00UTC. In contrast to the other two, the An-124 was not visible on any tracker, only identified via Vilnius ATC radio traffic.

Caught up with a few days of backlog traffic. To mention a few more civil Il-76 visits. The Il-20M SIGINT aircraft left home on Friday the 28:th and has not been seen this week. A civil An-26B (LTS9601/RA-26130) visited from the company "Letnye Proverki I Sistemy" for airport calibration flights.

Is this what the Russian "Black Pearl" Tu-134 UBL (RF-12041) has been doing? Escorting new assets to Kaliningrad?

Hmm, another Il-20M SIGINT aircraft arrived today around 11:00UTC. Usually there are only one arrival per week but the one who came Monday could have left. (They arrive via civil ATC but mostly leave outside, therefor hard to know departure of the Il-20:s)

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.

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.

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?

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.

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...