Riga/Rumbula

Location11 km SE Riga
CountryLV
Coordinates56° 53.0' N 24° 13.6' E (56.8833,24.2267)
Elevation8 m (26 ft)
Runway2000x60 m (6562x197 ft) 126-306°T (CONC)
UsageMIL/CIV
Military unitsCivilian

Comments and historyAirfield may have had military use in the 1950s and 1960s. However now, 1-meter Google images indicate that it is primarily a non-aviation industrial park, and only about five small general aviation planes are based here.
   

Mapping linksGoogle Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=56.8833,24.2267&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml
Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.8833,24.2267&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=56.8833,24.2267
Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.8833,24.2267&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=56.8833,24.2267
Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=56.8833&lon=24.2267&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended)
Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=56.8833_N_24.2267_E_type:city

Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez
Coordinate data: Google Earth
Elevation data:
Runway data: Google Earth
ICAO identifier assignment:


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