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Durbe: Seaplane Station

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CoordinatesN563652 E0212149 (WGS84) Google Maps
Map with location of Durbe Seaplane Station
The history of the Cold War airfields: Durbe

General

Durbe is located in the southeast of Latvia. At the eastern shore of Durbe Lake (Durbes ezers) was a seaplane station. Today, the airfield is closed, some relics still exist.

During the Cold War

Use

Seaplane base.

Overview

Durbe seaplane station, Latvia, on a US satellite image from 1975
Durbe seaplane station on a US satellite image from 1975
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

History

  • October 1957
    US agencies count no aircraft at the seaplane station. (Source: CIA)

Today

Use

Closed.

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