| Ämari | |||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: EEEI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Estonian Air Force, NATO | ||
| Serves | Keila | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 66 ft / 20 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 9,022 | 2,750 | 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 of the runway does not include a 250 m overrun at each end.
During the Soviet occupation 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. Works to this effect are scheduled for completion in 2012. In September 2010, the renewed runway was officially inaugurated[2].
Estonian Air Force Air Surveillance Wing was created on 1 January 1998 and is located at the Ämari Air Base.
Other big invesments is Jägala army base and Tapa army base projects for the Ground Forces units.
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