Cīrava

56°44'16"N 021°21'35"E

runway: 13/31 - 800x20m - concrete
runway: 13L/31R - 800x20m - grass

Airfield Cīrava (ICAO: EVIA) is an airfield 170 kilometers west of Riga.
The airfield and its runway were built by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. The Luftwaffe evacuated the airfield on 4-5 May 1945.

After the war it was used for flying activities of the Soviet paramilitary DOSAAF (Russian: ДОСААФ), the Voluntary Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Fleet. 
It consists of a concrete medium sized runway with a parallel grass runway and a taxiway to a medium sized platform to the east of the runway. Additionally, it has a taxiway to a medium sized platform to the northwest of the runway.


aerial photo of Cīrava airfield in 2006, when the taxiway from the platform to the runway did not exist yet (Google Earth).


An old Soviet MiG-15UTI is still standing at the airfield.

Latvian Airfields lists the airfield as 'fairly good'. Although the airfield is uncertified and therefore officially closed to all traffic, it is an active airfield, used by the local Kurzemes Aeroklubs. They use it for skydiving, gliderflying and other general aviation activities.


aerial photo of Cīrava airfield in 2011 (Google Earth).