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Lasnamäe Airfield

Coordinates: 59°27′00″N 024°51′48″E / 59.45000°N 24.86333°E / 59.45000; 24.86333
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Lasnamäe Airfield

Lasnamäe lennuväli
Lasnamäe Airfield in 1933.
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorEstonian Air Force, Soviet Air Force
ServesTallinn
LocationTallinn
Elevation AMSL43 m / 141 ft
Coordinates59°27′00″N 024°51′48″E / 59.45000°N 24.86333°E / 59.45000; 24.86333
Map
Lasnamäe Airfield is located in Estonia
Lasnamäe Airfield
Lasnamäe Airfield
Location in Estonia
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
2,500 8,202 Concrete
Sources:[1]

Lasnamäe Airfield (Estonian: Lasnamäe lennuväli) was an airfield in Tallinn, Estonia. It was located 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the city centre on the hill of Lasnamäe. Nowadays its former runway and taxiways are covered by apartment buildings and a street network. The newer Tallinn Airport is also located in Lasnamäe but 4.5 km (2.8 mi) south-southwest.

In 1924, the airfield was shortly taken over by communist rebels during the 1924 Estonian coup attempt.

In 1956, the 425th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Defence Forces arrived from Siverskaya (Siverskiy), in Leningrad Oblast.[2] It was equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 fighters.[3] In 1970 the regiment moved to Haapsalu.

Due to the expansion of residential areas, flying operations stopped by 1982.

References

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  1. ^ Lasnamäe Airfield at Forgotten Airfields
  2. ^ http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/425iap.htm
  3. ^ "Tallinn: Airfield / Air Base Lasnamäe". Military Airfields Directory. Retrieved 3 July 2023.