Vainode
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| Vainode | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: - ICAO: | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Latvian Air Force | ||
| Serves | Skrunda | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 518 ft (158 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8202 | 2500 | Concrete | |
Vainode (also written as Vainodo, Vainede, Vaynede, Vaynodo, and Toyvanede) is an air base in Latvia, located 31 km south of Skrunda. It appears to be abandoned and is only 4 km from the border with Lithuania.
Vainode was home to 54 Gv IAP (54th Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment), in 1967 flying some of the first Sukhoi Su-15 aircraft ever fielded. These planes were upgraded to Su-27 aircraft in the 1980s, and there is some evidence that MiG-23 aircraft were flown.
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