Okte

57°16'01"N 022°49'00"E

runway: 17/35 - 400x20m - asphalt

Okte air field name was an airfield 86 kilometers northwest of Riga, Latvia.
The airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. It was used for agricultural activities by state-run Aeroflot. It consisted of a small runway, taxiways and a fairly large platform with a hangar like structure to the west of the runway.


No photos of the airfield while in use have been located


2007 aerial photo of Okte airfield (Google Earth)


In 2011 Latvian Airfields listed the airfield as:
Airfield has recently been cleaned from trees and bushes, however the big tree on R/H side of THR RWY17 remains.
Also a haystack has been put on RWY at threshold 35.
Runway surface, however, is in very good condition.
The airfield is uncertified and officially closed to all traffic. It was sold to a private company in November 2011. The company bought the airfield to consolidate its properties in the area, but they do not know what to do with the property yet. According to a spokesman all options, including an active airfield, are open.


2010 aerial photo of Okte airfield