Koigi (air base)

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Koigi
IATA: noneICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military (defunct)
Operator Soviet Air Force
Location Paide
Elevation AMSL 233 ft / 71 m
Coordinates 58°51′48″N 025°44′6″E / 58.86333°N 25.735°E / 58.86333; 25.735Coordinates: 58°51′48″N 025°44′6″E / 58.86333°N 25.735°E / 58.86333; 25.735
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8202 2500


Koigi was an air base in Estonia located 10 km east of Paide. It was a former attack deployment base and was listed on a 1974 U.S. Department of Defense Global Navigation Chart No. 3 as having jet facilities. At the end of the Cold War the airfield was converted into farmland. Very little remains.