Tukums Location 5 km SE Tukums Country LV Coordinates 56° 56.6' N 23° 13.4' E (56.9433,23.2233) Elevation 71 m (233 ft) Runway 14/32 2500x45 m (8202x148 ft) 139-319°T (CONC) Usage Military Comments and history Spartan military airfield with single long ramp and reveted area. Starting in the 1960s the 668 BAP flew the Yak-28 Brewer34. The unit became 668 MShAP and by the 1990s was flying 30 Su-24 aircraft. Also based here was the 240 MSHAP flying 29 Su-24 aircraft.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=56.9433,23.2233&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.9433,23.2233&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=56.9433,23.2233 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.9433,23.2233&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=56.9433,23.2233 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=56.9433&lon=23.2233&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=56.9433_N_23.2233_E_type:city Sources 34 Yakovlev Yak-25/-26/-27/-28: Yakovlev's Tactical Twinjets. Yefim Gordon. 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