Nurmsi Airfield Explained

Nurmsi Airfield
Nativename:Nurmsi lennuväli
Icao:EENI
Type:Military
Operator:Soviet Air Force
Location:Nurmsi
Elevation-M:72
Pushpin Map:Estonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Estonia
Pushpin Label:EENI
Metric-Elev:Y
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-M:2500
R1-Length-F:8202
R1-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Sources: Forgotten Airfields[1]

Nurmsi Airfield ; (Estonian: Nurmsi lennuväli) (also given as Koigi) was a Soviet Naval Aviation reserve airfield[2] in Estonia located 10km (10miles) east of Paide in Nurmsi. It was a former attack deployment base and was listed on a 1974 U.S. Department of Defense Global Navigation Chart No. 3 as having jet facilities.[1] At the end of the Cold War the airfield was converted into farmland. Very little of the airfield establishment remains today.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.forgottenairfields.com/estonia/jarva/nurmsi-s278.html Nurmsi Airfield
  2. 197803_VOL. 3 OF 4 VOLUMES ANNUAL INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLOITATION PRODUCTS JANUARY-DECEMBER 1978, CREST: CIA-RDP79T01184A000100030001-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.