Kuçova Air Base

Kuçovë Air Base is an air base located near , , . The base was built in 1952 by People's Socialist Republic of Albania and entered service in 1955.
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Photo: Rob Schleiffert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: air base in Albania
  • Also known as: “Air Base Kuçove”, “Berat-Kucove Air Base”, “Berat/Kucove Air Base”, “Kuçovë Aerodrome”, “Kuçovë Air Base”, and “LAKV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Nicholas Church, Perondi and Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium.

Church
St. Nicholas Church is a church in , , Albania. It became a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1963.

Stadium
The is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Naftëtari. The stadium holds 5,000 spectators It is named after Bashkim Sulejmani, a hero of the city.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kucove and Lapardha 1.

Town
Photo: Albinfo, CC0.
Kuçovë is a municipality in south-central . It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities , Kuçovë, Lumas and , which all became municipal units.

Village
is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in , . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality .

Village
is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in , . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality .

Kuçova Air Base

Latitude
40.7725° or 40° 46′ 21″ north
Longitude
19.912° or 19° 54′ 43″ east
Open location code
8FGXQWF6+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244590374
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q12474076
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Spanish—“Kuçova Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Aerodromi ushtarak i Kuçovës”
  • Albanian: “Baza Ajrore Kuçovë”
  • French: “Base aérienne de Kuçovë”
  • German: “Luftwaffenstützpunkt Kuçovë”
  • German: “Militärflugplatz Kuçova”
  • Greek: “Αεροπορική Βάση Κούτσοβα”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar udara kucova”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Kucova”
  • Indonesian: “LAKV”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Kuçovë”
  • Italian: “Base aerea di Kuçovë”
  • Japanese: “クチョーヴェ空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “クチョヴァ空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “クチョヴァ航空基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Kucova”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Kuçova”
  • Russian: “Авиабаза Кучове”
  • Spanish: “Base aérea de Kuçovë”

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