Voškoniai

Validation date: 08 05 2015
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55°00'28"N 023°56'40"E
 
runway: 17/35 - 400x20m - asphalt
 
Voškoniai airfield (Voškoniai aerodromas or Eigirgala aerodromas) was an airfield 93 kilometers west-northwest 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 with a medium sized platform to the northwest and a smaller one to the northeast of the runway. After Lithuanian independence the airfield was abandoned.
 
No photos or maps of the airfield while in use have been located
 
Aerial photography of the airfield (Google Earth) suggests the airfield is in reasonable shape and was recently (2014) cleared of debris. In an aeronautical sense it is abandoned however and therefore officially closed to all traffic.


Voškoniai in 2009, showing a fairly dirty runway with weeds growing on the edges (Google Earth).


Voškoniai airfield and the platform to the northeast appeared to be cleansed and intact in September 2014 (Google Earth)