Žibavičiai

54°53'36.00"N 024°39'30"E

Runway: 08/26 - 400x20m - asphalt

Žibavičiai airfield was an airfield 45 kilometers 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 and two small and one fairly large platform with sheds to the southeast of the runway. After Lithuanian independence the airfield was abandoned.


No photos or maps of the airfield while in use have been located

Undated aerial photography of the airfield (Google Earth) suggests the airfield is in reasonable shape, but requires a cleanup. The platforms and eastern taxitrack are getting overgrown with weeds. In an aeronautical sense it is abandoned and therefore officially closed to all traffic.


Žibavičiai in 2002 (Google Earth) 


Žibavičiai airfield as photographed in April 2014 (Google Earth)