Suislepa Airfield Explained

Suislepa Airfield
Nativename:Suislepa lennuväli
Type:Military
Operator:Soviet Air Force
Location:Tõrva
Elevation-F:203
Pushpin Map:Estonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Estonia
Pushpin Label:Suislepa Airfield
Metric-Rwy:Y
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:9842
R1-Length-M:3000
R1-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Sources: Forgotten Airfields[1]

Suislepa Airfield (also given as Tõrva, Torva and Torva North) is a former air base in Estonia located in the village of Suislepa, 15km (09miles) 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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.forgottenairfields.com/estonia/viljandi/suislepa-s283.html Suislepa Airfield