Yelgava Alternate names Jelgava Location 3 km NW Yelgava Country LV Coordinates 56° 40.4' N 23° 40.7' E (56.6733,23.6783) Elevation 6 m (20 ft) Runway 2500x40 m (8202x131 ft) 089-269°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 285 OVEREB (19 Mi-8, 1991). Comments and history Probably a forward deployment attack base. The airfield is in a severe state of decay and trees are growing throughout the runway area. The airfield is marginally operational though and several general aviation planes, including an An-2, are still parked there.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=56.6733,23.6783&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.6733,23.6783&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=56.6733,23.6783 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.6733,23.6783&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=56.6733,23.6783 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=56.6733&lon=23.6783&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=56.6733_N_23.6783_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