Kubbe military airfield
Kubbe flygbas | |
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Height above MSL | 250 m (820 ft ) |
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Distance from the city center | 70 km northwest of Örnsköldsvik |
Street | Länsväg 348 |
Runways | |
Main line | 2300 m × 30 m concrete |
Branch line 1 | 1200 m × 20 m concrete |
Branch line 2 | 1200 m × 20 m concrete |
Branch line 3 | 1200 m × 20 m concrete |
The Kubbe military airfield ( Swedish Kubbe flygbas ) is a former military airfield in the Swedish municipality of Örnsköldsvik , 70 kilometers northwest of Örnsköldsvik .
Technical specifications
The airfield consisted of a main runway with a length of 2.3 km and several hangars . There are three more makeshift airfields in the vicinity of the former airfield . Normal country roads were widened and up to 50 m wide treeless aisles were created, which could be used as a makeshift airfield in an emergency.
The airfield was built as part of the Bas 60 program during the Cold War . All over Sweden there was a network of airfields that could be put into readiness within a short time in the event of an attack.
The base was shut down in the late 1990s and bought in 2001 by Swedish billionaire Christer Ericsson , who wanted to rent it out to the automotive industry for testing. However, this idea was not realized.
The main runway is only for drag race -Competitions ( drag racing used).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flygbassystemet Bas 60 , accessed on August 6, 2012 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ Svenska militära flygbaser , accessed on August 6, 2012 (PDF; 2.9 MB)
- ↑ Mr Consafe köper flygbas on affarsvärlden.se , accessed on August 6, 2012
- ↑ Dragracing på Kubbe Raceway (poster). August 4, 2012, archived from the original on October 8, 2012 ; accessed on July 5, 2019 .