Choyna Air Base | |
Operator: | formerly Luftwaffe Soviet Air Force |
Location: | Chojna, Poland |
Built: | 1938 |
Used: | 1938-1992 |
Elevation-M: | 57 |
Coordinates: | 52.9396°N 14.4191°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland West Pomeranian Voivodeship#Poland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in West Pomeranian Voivodeship |
R1-Number: | 09/27 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,300 |
R1-Surface: | concrete |
Footnotes: | Disused |
Choyna Air Base is a former military air base near the town of Chojna in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The airfield was built as Königsberg-Neumark Air Base for the Luftwaffe in the then province of Pomerania.
The base was built between 1937 and 1938 for the Luftwaffe. The runway had a grass surface. In the north of the air base there were two very large and three large aircraft hangars and a large repair hangar. Behind the hangars were other farm and accommodation buildings. The first flying unit stationed here, from August 1939, was II./Kampfgeschwader 27. From 1939 to 1945, various pilot schools were also housed here.[1]
On 4 February 1945, Red Army troops occupied the base.
The base was used by the following Soviet Air Force units:[2]
On 5 May 1992 the 582nd Fighter Regiment withdrew to Smolensk.