Knislinge

56°11'22"N   014°08'10"E

Runway: 15/33 - 2000x25m - asphalt

Knislinge airfield (Swedish: flygbas Knislinge, also known as Bivaröds flyveplads, Fält 84 (until 1975), Fält 25 (from 1975) or Knislinge air base, ICAO: ESFI), was an airfield 425 kilometers southwest of Stockholm.
The base was built in 1962 on the Vanas estate of count Gustav Wachtmeister and completed as a BAS60 fighter airfield in 1962. As a fighter airfield, it had received scramble parkings -known in Sweden as Framon- on both ends of the runways. The Framon on the north side included shelter roofs to protect aircrew and aircraft from rain, as well as a parking for a single Hercules-sized transport. To the north of the airfield, along the road between Hjärsås and Sibbhult maintenance facility (known in Sweden as 'Uom') with fieldhangars and parkings was located. The airfield had a peremanent staff, known as base troops ("basistropp'), and fell under the operational command of F10 Angelholm.

The base remained in regular use until 1994. Dismantling military systems took until 2000, after which it was no longer millitary property. Theairfield was offered for sale in 2003 and sold in 2004. After hurricane Gudrun in January 2005, the airfield was used to store felled wood.

Today, the airfield is used for drift races (for which it has assumed the name Bivaröds airfield) and for the storage of timber. The runway and taxitracks were already in a bad state when the airfield was sold and weeds are now growing from cracks in the asphalt. The Bastroppen buildings still existed as late as 2009. In 2012, the runway was used for a fly-in of classic Swedish aircraft.


Veteran aircraft gathered at Knislinge in 2012 and used the Hercules platform as their parking. For the event, the runway was shortened to 1000meters in length (Skånes Veteranflygförening)


Knislinge, photographed in June 2014 (Magnus Emanuelsson, via email)