Daugavpils International Airport
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The Daugavpils International Airport is located in village of Lociki, Naujene parish
Naujene parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Naujene parish :* Lociki...

, Daugavpils District
Daugavpils District
Daugavpils District was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Latgalia region, in the country's south-east. It was organized into two cities and twenty one parishes, each with a local government authority...

, Latgale region, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. It is also located 12 km northeast of Daugavpils
Daugavpils
Daugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...

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All of the airport's technical infrastructure, runway and buildings are what was left of the former Soviet military air base. The base was completely abandoned, but as of 2005 it is under major development to become Daugavpils International Airport. The construction is scheduled to be completed by 2013.

In order to implement the project Daugavpils
Daugavpils
Daugavpils is a city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. Daugavpils literally means "Daugava Castle". With a population of over 100,000, it is the second largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some...

 City Council founded Daugavpils lidosta Ltd. (Daugavpils Airport Ltd.) to develop the former military air base into Daugavpils International Airport.

They plan to build an international and regional airport in Daugavpils within the next few years suitable for large-scale airplanes which will allow for both international and domestic passenger traffic, international and domestic cargo transport and charter flights. They have intention to build a runway of 2500 m in length and 46 m in width.

The building of an international regional airport will also lead to the further development of other activities in the area based on servicing the airport and its customers and more work by to attract investment in the area.

When opened, the airport will probably be a destination for airlines from Riga – the first real Latvian cross-country flights, as well as probably from Moscow (due to large Russian community) and from Warsaw (due to large Polish community), also maybe from Germany. The flights inside the EU (from Riga, Warsaw, German cities) will probably be mainly budget airlines.

In the past, it was home to 372 APIB (372nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 and MiG-27 aircraft.

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