Panevėžys Air Base

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Panevezhis
IATA: - ICAO: EYPP
Summary
Airport type		military
Operator		unknown
Serves		Panevėžys
Elevation AMSL		197 ft (60 m)
Coordinates		55°43′48″N, 024°27′36″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
13/31	6562	2000	Concrete

Panevėžys Air Base (also known as Pajuostis, and Tulpė) (ICAO: EYPP) is an air base in Lithuania located 6 km east of Panevėžys. It is a transport base, with a very large ring taxiway 2 km in diameter. There are 32 large revetments.

The main operator was 117 VTAP (117th Military Aviation Transport Regiment) flying An-22 and Il-76 aircraft ^[1]. It received USSR's first Il-76M on August 27, 1977. The military unit relocated in 1992 to Orenburg.

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