Military Airfields and Airbases in Lithuania

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Military airfields in Lithuania (12)
Birzai: Highway Strip
Jonava: Airfield
Jonava East: Airfield
Kartena: Highway Strip
Kaunas: Heliport
Kazlų Rūda: Airfield
Kėdainiai: Air Base
Pajuostis: Air Base
Paliepiai: Airfield
Panevėžys: Highway Strip
Šiauliai: Air Base
Valkininkai: Airfield

Birzai: Highway Strip

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CoordinatesN560708 E0245708 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 250 ft

Location of airfield

The highway strip is located ca. 15 km southeast of Biržai, on road 123.

Runways

  • 10/28: 2500 m

Jonava: Airfield

Jonava Southeast, Gaižiūnai, Гайжюнай, Rukla, Аэродром Рукла

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CoordinatesN550039 E0242144 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 280 ft

Location of airfield

The airfield is located ca. 8 km southeast of the city.

Usage during the Cold War

Soviet reserve air base and paratrooper base.

Use today

Closed.

Runways

  • 12/30: 2400 m

Jonava East: Airfield

Makštava, Аэродром Макштава

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CoordinatesN550605 E0242458 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 260 ft

General

Reserve airfield.

Location of airfield

The airfield is located ca. 8 km east-northeast of Jonava.

Runways

  • 09/27: 3000 m Grass

Kartena: Highway Strip

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CoordinatesN555532 E0213405 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 270 ft

Location

Kartena is located ca. 30 km northeast of Klaipėda.

Location of airfield

The highway strip beginns 5 km east of Kartena, on the A11.

Runways

  • 08/26: 2500 m

Kaunas: Heliport

Freda, Каунас

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CoordinatesN545241 E0235434 (WGS84) Google Maps

Usage during the Cold War

Soviet helicopter base.

Use today

Closed.

Kazlų Rūda: Airfield

Kazlu Ruda, Kazlų Rūdos aerodromas

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CoordinatesN544823 E0233156 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 235 ft

Location of airfield

The airfield is located ca. 6 km north-northeast of Kazlų Rūda.

Usage during the Cold War

Soviet reserve air base.

Use today

Closed, used for car races.

Runways

  • 12/30: 2200 m

Airfields in the vicinity

Kėdainiai: Air Base

Kedainia, Аэродром Кедайняй

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CoordinatesN551842 E0235723 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 165 ft

Location of airfield

The airfield is located at the nordern edge of Kėdainiai.

Usage during the Cold War

Soviet transport aircraft base.

Use today

Closed.

Runways

  • 16/34: 2000 m

Pajuostis: Air Base

Tulpe, Panevezys, Аэродром Паневежис

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CoordinatesN554347 E0242734 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 197 ft
Location indicatorEYPP

Location of airfield

The airfield is located ca. 5 km east-southeast of Panevėžys.

Usage during the Cold War

Soviet air base until 199x (128 VTAP/128 втап: Il-76)

Use today

Military airfield.

Runways

  • 13/31: 2000 m x 41 m Concrete

Installations

Railway siding from the north-west.

Airfields in the vicinity

Paliepiai: Airfield

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CoordinatesN551915 E0233103 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 315 ft

General

Reserve airfield.

Runways

  • 04/22: 3000 m

Links

Panevėžys: Highway Strip

Panevezys

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CoordinatesN553847 E0242112 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 215 ft

General

This highway strip is mentioned at TPC maps, but it cannot be fully confirmed by satellite images and Google Street View.

Runways

  • 02/20

Šiauliai: Air Base

Siauliai, Zoknių aerodromas, Аэродром Шяуляй, Зокняй, Zokniai

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CoordinatesN555340 E0232342 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 443 ft
Location indicatorEYSA

Location of airfield

The airfield is located ca. 5 km southeast of the town center.

Usage during the Cold War

Soviet air base (Early warning aircraft).

Use today

Military air base with civilian use.

Runways

  • 14L/32R: 3500 m
  • 14R/32L: 3280 m

Links

Valkininkai: Airfield

Dargužiai, Darguziai

For historical information only, do not use for navigation or aviation purposes!
CoordinatesN542241 E0245103 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 410 ft

Location

Dargužiai is located ca. 40 km southwest of Vilnius.

Location of airfield

The airfield is located ca. 2 km west-southwest of Dargužiai.

Usage during the Cold War

Reserve airfield.

Runways

  • 05/23: 2000 m Grass

Other Airfields

The purpose of the following airfields remained unclear to me:
  • Kaunas: For the place of today's Kaunas airport, old TPC maps show an airfield with an unpaved runway of 8200 feet (=2500 m). This could have been a soviet reserve airfield.
  • Valkininkai / Darguziai: This airfield is located 45 km southwest of Vilnius and is still active. This could have been a soviet reserve airfield as well.

Glossary

The following terms might help you for your own research on search engines. I'm not an expert for Lithuanian, so it is without warranty. Corrections and additions are welcome!

EnglishLithuanianRussian
Airfieldaerodromasаэродром
Airportoro uostasаэропорт
Call Signпозывной
LithuaniaLietuvaЛитва


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