Had RF-76325 arriving on the 6th. No other IL-76 that day noted.

Also there is a An-12 that has become a regular since March 12:th with 7 visits. Total of 13 for 2025 for comparison. Not sure what that is about.

Looking back at the data, arrival for the Il-20M is usually at the start of the week, during the morning or before lunch. But not this week.

Monday: 13
Tuesday: 5
Wednesday: 1
Thursday: 3
Friday: 2
Saturday: 0
Sunday: 1

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.

Sorry, column letter was not visible in the screenshot. I meant column named "FR24/Adsbexchange"

These are all An-124 visits a year back.

Column J tells if it had Mode-S/ADS-B transponder on.

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 left at 13:00 UTC for mainland Russia. No other traffic that could be connected to this visit.

Credit www.reddit.com/r/aviation/c...

"RA-96019 is a VIP military transport aircraft that is used to transport part members or state officials. It's is an IL-96-300PU. It also transports cargo such as vehicles or equipment needed for an event. This plane in particular was likely used to transport a motorcade or equipment"

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

The Il-78 RF-94288 seems to be heading back to Kaliningrad from mainland Russia as we speak (with Tallinn ATC). QRA:s up.

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.

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New Pastebin document for 2026 with all data that i post, and is updated between posts here.

pastebin.com/m57symM8

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Not sure about the Be-200 on the 16:th. Have no traffic from that one but a fighter jet (c/s 20494) at the same time. Was the fighter jet escorting?

RF-85856 (Tu-154) arrived 26:th but stayed until 17:th January. A bit uncommon with such a long stay.

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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?