Vaiņode Air Base
Vaiņode is a former USSR air base in Latvia, located 31 kilometres south of Skrunda. It was abandoned in 1993. It is only 4 kilometres from the border with Lithuania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: former USSR air base
- Also known as: “EVFA”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vaiņode and Vižančiai.
Vaiņode
Village
Vižančiai
Village
Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vižančiai is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Vaiņode Air Base.
Dautarai
Village
Photo: Algirdas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dautarai is a village, which is situated 8 km east of Vaiņode Air Base.
Vaiņode Air Base
- Categories: air base and transportation
- Location: Vaiņodes pagasts, South Kurzeme Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.40654° or 56° 24′ 24″ northLongitude
21.88693° or 21° 53′ 13″ eastElevation
137 metres (449 feet)ICAO airport code
EVFAOpen location code
9G83CV4P+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 9207762955OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
454603Wikidata 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”
- Latvian: “Vaiņodes Lidlauks”
- Lithuanian: “Vainiaudos oro bazė”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی واینود”
- Polish: “Baza lotnicza Vainode”
- Polish: “Baza lotnicza Vaiņode”
- Swedish: “Vaiņode flygplats”
- Swedish: “Vainode”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ воинуд”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Вайноуд”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vaiņodes Muiža and Vecbāta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vaiņodes Kapi and Bātes-Vaiņodes evaņģēliski luteriskā draudze.
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