Alytus Airfield
| Aerodrome Alytus Alytaus aerodromas |
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | EYAL | ||
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| Height above MSL | 81 m (266 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 1.5 km east of Alytus | ||
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| opening | 1940 | ||
| operator | Alytaus aeroklubas | ||
| surface | 102.5 ha | ||
Aerodrome Alytus ( lit.Alytaus aerodromas ) is an airport in southern Lithuania , on the banks of the Memel and 1.5 km far from the center of the sixth largest city in Lithuania, Alytus . It is 102.5 hectares in size.
history
In 1939, the Lithuanian armed forces began building a military airfield on the site of the former Uhlan barracks . In 1940 the Soviet occupation government ended the construction work. In 1944, the space for the dislocation of France's fighter planes was used for attacks against the Axis powers (" Normandie-Nyemen ").
In the Soviet era the airport was used for civil aviation . There were flight connections to Vilnius , Kaunas , Klaipėda , Palanga and Druskininkai .
Today the airfield is used by the Alytus Aeroclub ( Miškininkų g.3 , Alytus).
Web links
- Website of the aero club Alytus (Lithuanian)