Kubbe military airfield

Kubbe flygbas
Characteristics
ICAO code	ESNI
Coordinates	63 ° 38 '1 "  N , 17 ° 56' 23"  E Coordinates: 63 ° 38 '1 "  N , 17 ° 56' 23"  E
Height above MSL	250 m (820  ft )
Transport links
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

Former hangar

One of the secondary runways

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

Commons : Kubbe flygbas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flygbassystemet Bas 60 , accessed on August 6, 2012 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Svenska militära flygbaser , accessed on August 6, 2012 (PDF; 2.9 MB)
3. ↑ Mr Consafe köper flygbas on affarsvärlden.se , accessed on August 6, 2012
4. ↑ Dragracing på Kubbe Raceway (poster). August 4, 2012, archived from the original on October 8, 2012 ; accessed on July 5, 2019 .