Gatauciai

Validation date: 09 02 2012
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56°10'15"N 023°30'04"E

Runway: 04/22 - 400x20m - asphalt

Gatauciai airfield (also known as Jakiškiai airfield) is an abandoned airfield 200 kilometers north-northwest of Riga, Latvia.
The airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the 1975-1985 timeframe.
The airfield was built by order of the Lithuanian SSR (a state within the Soviet Union) Council of Ministers in the 1975-1985 timeframe.
It consisted of a runway, a taxiway and two medium sized platforms to the north of the runway.


No photos have been located


From what can be seen in Google Earth the airfield is abandoned.
There appear to be no buildings left at the airfield.
The airfield is uncertified and therefore officially closed to all traffic.





Undated aerial photograph of the airfield (Google Earth)