Riga/Spilve Alternate names Tsentralny (US) Location 5 km N Riga Country LV Coordinates 56° 59.5' N 24° 4.5' E (56.9917,24.0750) Elevation 22 m (72 ft) Runway 1650x45 m (5413x148 ft) 148-328°T (CONC) Usage - Military units Abandoned Comments and history Former 1950s-era military base, now unused. Ring taxiway with small revetments. High-res sat only shows two general-aviation planes parked. Large Technical School until 90's with one of each major aircraft type, most broken up around 96/7 (AviaMK).     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=56.9917,24.0750&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.9917,24.0750&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=56.9917,24.0750 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.9917,24.0750&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=56.9917,24.0750 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=56.9917&lon=24.0750&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=56.9917_N_24.0750_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved