Naisheden

66°31'48"N 021°21'18"E

Runway: 05/23 - 900x36 - grass

Naisheden airfield (Swedish: Flygfält Naisheden, also known as Fält 39 Naisheden and flygfält Överkalix-Naisheden, ICAO: ESNE) is an airfield 810 kilometer north-northeast of Stockholm. 
The airfield was built by the F21 Luleå wing of the Swedish Air Force between 1942 and 1943 during World War II. It was built 5 kilometers northwest of NW Överkalix with a grass runway. Although Naisheden was more expensive to built, the location had been chosen over Svartbyn because of opposition by landowners at the former. The airfield was reported to be 1200x1000m  and held all facilities for personnel, maintenance, stores and a weather bureau. 


Unfortunately, no photos of the World War 2 airfield while in use were found.

After the war ended the airfield its military use in 1947. This did not mean the end of the airfield though: In the early 1980s it was restored and from then on it continued as a civilian landing ground, albeit much smaller in size. It now features a hangar, the clubhouse of the local flying club and a station building. A birds-eye view photo can be seen at airliners.net


2010 photo of the airfield (Google Earth)