Kazlų Rūda Air Base
Kazlų Rūda, Marijampolė County, Lithuania
LT-9519 is the ICAO airport code for Kazlų Rūda Air Base, located in Kazlų Rūda, Lithuania. The airport is classified as a Closed Airport. It operates in the Europe/Vilnius timezone at an elevation of 243 ft (74 m) above sea level.
About Kazlų Rūda Air Base
Wikipedia ↗Kazlų Rūda Air Base is an air strip in Lithuania located 5 km northeast of Kazlų Rūda. It was built from 1975 during the Soviet times for military purposes and officially opened in 1977. The concrete runway was 2,250 metres (7,380 ft) in length. The site was used by the Soviet 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division. It had a secret underground facility that became publicly known only in 1993 when last Soviet soldiers left the compound. Today it is abandoned.
Location
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- ICAO Code
- LT-9519
- Type
- Closed Airport
- City
- Kazlų Rūda
- Country
- Lithuania
- Region
- Marijampolė County
- Timezone
- Europe/Vilnius
- Local Time
- —
- Elevation
- 243 ft (74 m)
- Coordinates
- 54.8056°N, 23.5331°E
External Links
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