Dobele

56°40'33"N 023°18'45"E

runway: 02/20 - 400x20m - asphalt

Dobele air field was an airfield 6 kilometers north-northeast of the town of Dobele, 55 kilometers southwest of Riga, Latvia.
The airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the 1975-1985 timeframe and used for agricultural activities by state-run Aeroflot. It featured a runway, two small platforms and some taxiways.


The airfield was completely empty in this 2000 aerial photo (Google Earth)

In February 2012 MyAirfields changed the airfields condition to 'completely unavailable for flight operations due to non-aviation activities on the field - buildings on the runway and apron. Runway looks in quite bad condition'.


Some silos have been built between 2000 and 2011 as can be seen from this MyAirfields photo.