Ämari Air Base

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Ämari
Image:Suurkyul.jpg
IATA: none – ICAO: EEEI
Summary
Airport type		military
Operator		Estonian Air Force
Serves		Keila
Elevation AMSL		66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates		59°15′36″N 024°12′30″E / 59.26, 24.20833
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
07/25	6562	2000	Concrete

Ämari Air Base (also given in references as Suurküla (original Estonian name), Vasalemma, Emari, Suurkyul, Shuurkyul, and Shuurkul - last forms of the Estonian names are derivates of names Russian-speaking military personnel used when it was used by the Soviet military.") (ICAO: EEEI) is an air base in Harjumaa, Estonia located 7 km south of Lake Klooga. The length does not include a 250 m overrun at each end.

Ämari was home to 321 and/or 170 MShAP (321st and/or 170th Naval Shturmovik Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 aircraft ^[1].

Ämari Air Base will be a NATO interoperable airfield in the future.

Estonian Air Force Air Surveillance Wing was created on 1 January 1998 and is located at the Ämari Air Base.

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