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Aste Airfield

Coordinates: 58°21′38″N 022°26′49″E / 58.36056°N 22.44694°E / 58.36056; 22.44694
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Aste Airfield
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorSoviet Air Force
LocationKuressaare
Elevation AMSL69 ft / 21 m
Coordinates58°21′38″N 022°26′49″E / 58.36056°N 22.44694°E / 58.36056; 22.44694
Map
Aste Airfield is located in Estonia
Aste Airfield
Aste Airfield
Location in Estonia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,000 6,562 Grass
Sources:[1]

Asta (Estonian: Aste) was a Soviet air base in Estonia located near the town of Aste, 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Kuressaare. It is on Saaremaa Island, and was listed on the 1974 Department of Defense Global Navigation Chart No. 3 as having jet facilities. It was probably a front-line interceptor or dispersal base. In the 1980s or 1990s it was plowed under. Very little of the base remains.

References

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  1. ^ Aste Airfield at Forgotten Airfields