Kazlų Rūda | |||||||||
Icao: | EYKR | ||||||||
Type: | Military | ||||||||
Owner: | Soviet Air Forces, Lithuanian Air Force | ||||||||
Location: | Kazlų Rūda | ||||||||
Elevation-F: | 243 | ||||||||
Elevation-M: | 74 | ||||||||
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania | ||||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Lithuania | ||||||||
Pushpin Label: | EYKR | ||||||||
Pushpin Label Position: | top | ||||||||
Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||
R1-Length-F: | 7300 | ||||||||
R1-Length-M: | 2225 | ||||||||
R1-Surface: | Concrete | ||||||||
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Kazlų Rūda Air Base (Lithuanian: Kazlų Rūdos aerodromas) is an air strip in Lithuania located 5 km northeast of Kazlų Rūda. It was built during the Soviet times for military purposes and officially opened in 1977. It had a secret underground facility that became publicly known only in 1993 when last Soviet soldiers left the compound. Today it is abandoned.