Vaiņode Air Base

Vaiņode is a former USSR air base in , located 31 kilometres south of . It was abandoned in 1993. It is only 4 kilometres from the border with .
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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 158 metres (518 feet)
  • …has the ICAO airport code EVFA
  • …is also known as “EVFA”
  • Description: former USSR air base

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vaiņode and Vižančiai.
J. Sedols, CC BY 3.0.
is a in Parish, in the region of .
Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Vaiņode Air Base.
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is a village, which is situated 8 km east of Vaiņode Air Base.

Vaiņode Air Base

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Latitude
56.40654° or 56° 24′ 24″ north
Longitude
21.88693° or 21° 53′ 13″ east
Open location code
9G83CV4P+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9207762955
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
454603
Wiki­data ID
Q8214589

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Vaiņode Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Vainode”
  • Indonesian: “EVFA”
  • Japanese: “ヴァイニョデ空軍基地”
  • Latvian: “Vaiņode”
  • Latvian: “Vaiņodes Lidlauks”
  • Lithuanian: “Vainiaudos oro bazė”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی واینود”
  • Polish: “Baza lotnicza Vaiņode”
  • Swedish: “Vaiņode flygplats”
  • Swedish: “Vainode”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ воинуд”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Вайноуд”

Localities in the Area

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