Lukšiai

55°36'21"N 025°21'00"E

runway: 10/28 - 400x20m - asphalt

Lukšiai airfield was an airfield 135 kilometers west of Vilnius, Lithuania.
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 was used for agricultural activities (crop dusting) by state-run Aeroflot. It consisted of a small runway, taxiways and two parking areas north of the runway. After Lithuanian independence in 1990 the airfield was abandoned.


No photos of the airfield while in use have been located

From what can be seen in Google Earth the runway is in a deplorable state. A road is bisecting the airfield. Large piles of debris are located on the runway. Aerial photography shows two buildings next to one of the platforms the airfield. Unless a cleaning operation is begun, it will likely never be used as an airfield again.


2009 aerial photo of Lukšiai airfield (Google Earth)