Forgotten airfields europe

Validation date: 31 07 2015
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Runway: 06/24 - 400x20 - asphalt

Mauruciai airfield (Lith: Mauručiai aerodromas) was an airfield 98 kilometers west of Vilnius.

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 by state-run Aeroflot. It consisted of a small runway and a small platform to the north of the runway, but it also had two taxyways leading to a single platform south of the runway. After Lithuanian independence the airfield was abandoned.

No photos of the airfield while in use were located.

Aerial photography of the airfield (Google Earth) shows the airfields runway still remains intact, but in a degraded shape. It appears it is frequently being used to store large amounts of materials. As an airfield, it is abandoned and therefore officially closed to all traffic.

This August 2002 photo clearly shows the runway and the platform north of the runway. Slightly less visible are two taxitracks south of the runway, leading to a platform covered by debris (Google Earth).

This March 2013 photo shows stores of plastic coered goods at the airfield. While the runway and platfom to the north remain visible, the parts south of the runway are obscured (Google Earth).

Except for a small portion of the runway, the airfield appears to be completely covered with goods in this September 2014 photo (Google Earth).

With the exception of debris on the south side (the platform is located under the debris halfway between the plant and the runway) and some stored items on the north platform and the eastern threshold, the airfield was still in a reasonable shape in June 2015 (Google Earth).