Lasnamäe Airfield
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Lasnamäe Airfield Lasnamäe lennuväli | |||||||||||
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 Lasnamäe Airfield in 1933. | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
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| Serves | Tallinn | ||||||||||
| Location | Tallinn | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 43 m / 141 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°27′00″N 024°51′48″E / 59.45000°N 24.86333°E | ||||||||||
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  Lasnamäe Airfield Location in Estonia | |||||||||||
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Lasnamäe Airfield (Estonian: Lasnamäe lennuväli) was an airfield in Tallinn, Estonia. It was located 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the city centre on the hill of Lasnamäe. Nowadays its former runway and taxiways are covered by apartment buildings and a street network. The newer Tallinn Airport is also located in Lasnamäe but 4.5 km (2.8 mi) south-southwest.
In 1956, the 425th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Defence Forces arrived from Siverskaya (Siverskiy), in Leningrad Oblast.[2] It was equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 fighters.[3] In 1970 the regiment moved to Haapsalu.
Due to the expansion of residential areas, flying operations stopped by 1982.
References
- ^ Lasnamäe Airfield at Forgotten Airfields
- ^ http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/425iap.htm
- ^ "Tallinn: Airfield / Air Base Lasnamäe". Military Airfields Directory. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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