Lavansaari Остров Мощный Alternate names Ostrov Moshchny Location 71 km W Sosnovyj Bor Country RU Coordinates 60° 0.2' N 27° 49.2' E (60.0033,27.8200) Elevation 22 m (72 ft) Runway 1000x20 m (3281x66 ft) 062-242°T Usage - Comments and history Airfield on Ostrov Moshchnyy, island in Baltic, served as a WWII airfield for Russia 1940-44. It is on a very small island which houses a small frontier outpost, radio station, and lighthouse.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=60.0033,27.8200&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.0033,27.8200&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=60.0033,27.8200 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.0033,27.8200&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=60.0033,27.8200 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=60.0033&lon=27.8200&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=60.0033_N_27.8200_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Elevation data: Runway data: ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved