Tõrva air base
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Tõrva | |||
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IATA: - ICAO: | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | military | ||
Operator | Soviet Air Force | ||
Serves | Tõrva | ||
Elevation AMSL | 203 ft (62 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
9842 | 3000 | ? |
Tõrva (also given as Torva and Torva North) is an air base in Estonia located 15 km north of Tõrva. It is an abandoned front-line or maritime bomber base that was mainly used in the 1960s. Some remains of runways and taxiways can be seen on Google Earth satellite imagery.