Jonava Air Base
Jonava Airport also known as Rukla or Gaižiūnai Airfield was a military airfield in Lithuania located 9 km southeast of Jonava. It was part of Rukla–Gaižiūnai military facilities.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “EYRU”, “Gaižiūnai Airfield”, “Jonava Airport”, and “Rukla”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dumsiai and Gaižiūnai.
Dumsiai
Village
Gaižiūnai
Locality
Photo: Matasg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gaižiūnai is a village in Jonava district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated on the Taurosta River, tributary of Neris, about 3 km southeast of Jonava and 25 km northeast of Kaunas.
Rukla
Town
Photo: Bearas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rukla is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 2,098. Administrative centre of Rukla Eldership. The national Refugee Reception Centre hosts all refugees coming to the country.
Jonava Air Base
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Ruklos sen., Jonava District Municipality, Kaunas County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
55.01137° or 55° 0′ 41″ northLongitude
24.36319° or 24° 21′ 48″ eastElevation
85 metres (279 feet)ICAO airport code
EYRUOpen location code
9G762967+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 422917157OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
598815Wikidata ID
Q1023557
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Jonava Air Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jonava Airport”
- Chinese: “約納瓦機場”
- Chinese: “约纳瓦机场”
- German: “Flugplatz Jonava”
- Indonesian: “EYRU”
- Japanese: “ヨナヴァ空港”
- Japanese: “ヨナヴァ飛行場”
- Lithuanian: “Gaižiūnų aerodromas”
- Lithuanian: “Jonavos aerodromas”
- Lithuanian: “Jonavos oro uostas”
- Lithuanian: “Ruklos aerodromas”
- Persian: “فرودگاه جوناوا”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Jonava”
- Russian: “Ионавский аэродром”
- Swedish: “Jonavos aerodromas”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҷуново”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Jonava”
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