Aloja

57°12'12"N 024°45'18"E

runway: 01/19 - 600x20m - asphalt

Aloja air field was an airfield 103 kilometers north of Riga, Latvia.
The airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the 1975-1985 timeframe. It was used for agricultural activities by state-run Aeroflot. It consisted of a small runway and a single medium sized platform to the southeast of the runway.


No photos of the airfield while in use have been located


Undated grainy aerial photo of Aloja airfield (Google Earth).

Latvian Airfields had this airfield listed, but without a description (May 2011). From aerial photography (Google Earth) it was not possible to accurately recognise the state of the airfield. The runway appeared to have become part of the local road system however, which indicated it was dangerous to be used.
In February 2012 this state of the airfield was confirmed by Latvian Airfields, who now listed the airfield as "(...) completely unavailable for flight operations due to unusable runway". MyAirfields holds the airfield as unusable, because it is "now completely unavailable for flight operations due to unusable runway. It is used as a public road and is in very bad condition". 
The airfield is uncertified and officially closed to all taffic. Otherwise the airfield appears to be relatively intact.


Aloja airfield photographed from the North in 2011 (MyAirfields)