Gudenieki

56°54'14"N 021°38'21"E

runway: 07/25 - 400x20m - asphalt

Airfield Gudenieki (also known as airfield Birži) is an airfield 150 kilometers west 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 taxiway to a medium sized platform to the south of the runway.


No photos of the airfield while in use have been located


Undated and very grainy aerial photo of Birzi airfield (Google Earth)

Until 2010 the airfield was completely unusable. There was construction going on on the runway. From 2010 it was completely renovated however. On 19 Mar 2012 Latvian Airfields updated its status to 'good'. The airfield is still uncertified, however, and thus officially closed to all traffic.


Birzi airfield photographed in 2010 after reconstruction was going on on the runway (Latvian Airfields)