Veshchevo Вещево (Выборг) Alternate names Veshtevo, Vyborg East (US) Location 23 km E Vyborg Country RU Coordinates 60° 40.4' N 29° 10.0' E (60.6733,29.1667) Elevation 47 m (154 ft) Runway 2500x40 m (8202x131 ft) 154-334°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 66 OMSHAP (45 Su-17M2, 1992)[#3] Comments and history Basic military airfield northwest of St. Petersburg (Leningrad). It was constructed around 1960. During its early years it was home to MiG-17, and in 1974 MiG-21SMT arrived. By the late 1970s it had Su-17M3. In 1980 Veshchevo was handed over to Air Baltic Fleet as 66 OMSHAP. On 8 March 1988 a hijacked Tu-154 landed here, ostensibly for fuel to get to London, and was stormed, killing 3 hostages and injuring 35. The airfield was closed around 1995. Plans were floated to make it a large cargo airport, but this never occurred. The airfield is now in severe decay.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=60.6733,29.1667&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.6733,29.1667&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=60.6733,29.1667 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.6733,29.1667&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=60.6733,29.1667 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=60.6733&lon=29.1667&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=60.6733_N_29.1667_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