Liepaja International Airport
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Liepāja International Airport is a regional airport in western Latvia
which is certified for international air traffic. Together with Riga International Airport
and Ventspils Airport this airport is one of the three notable airports in Latvia.
Liepāja International Airport is situated 2.7 NM east of Liepāja
, 210 km (130.5 mi) from the capital of Latvia, Riga
, and 60 km (37.3 mi) from the Lithuania
n border. The territory of the airport covers 2.2 km² (0.849424748903577 sq mi) and is integrated within the Liepāja Special Economic Zone
. In September 2005, flights from Liepaja to Riga were resumed (as seasonal) after 14 years. From 2007 flights to Riga became regular, and opened new routes to Copenhagen
and Hamburg
.
Early during the Cold War
, the airfield was a Soviet Anti-Air Defense
(PVO) base. Its aircraft shot down a U.S. Air Force PB4Y-2 Privateer BuNo 59645 on April 8, 1950.
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...
which is certified for international air traffic. Together with Riga International Airport
Riga International Airport
-Cargo airlines:*DHL Express*Inversija*RAF-Avia*Sprintair*TNT NV*Transavibaltika*UPS-Traffic statistics:Riga International Airport is one of three notable airports in Latvia. The other two are Liepāja International Airport and Ventspils Airport. Riga International Airport's biggest air carrier is...
and Ventspils Airport this airport is one of the three notable airports in Latvia.
Liepāja International Airport is situated 2.7 NM east of Liepāja
Liepaja
Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...
, 210 km (130.5 mi) from the capital of Latvia, Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, and 60 km (37.3 mi) from the Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n border. The territory of the airport covers 2.2 km² (0.849424748903577 sq mi) and is integrated within the Liepāja Special Economic Zone
Liepaja Special Economic Zone
Liepāja Special Economic Zone - is a zone in Liepāja, Latvia with a lowered tax rates, compared to the rest of the territory of Latvia. Liepāja Special Economic zone was established in 1997 for a 20-year period with the aim of developing trade, industry, shipping and air traffic, as well as...
. In September 2005, flights from Liepaja to Riga were resumed (as seasonal) after 14 years. From 2007 flights to Riga became regular, and opened new routes to Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
.
Early during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
, the airfield was a Soviet Anti-Air Defense
Soviet Anti-Air Defense
The Soviet Air Defence Forces was the air defense branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. It continued being a service branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1998. Unlike Western air defense forces, V-PVO was a branch of the military unto itself, separate from the Soviet...
(PVO) base. Its aircraft shot down a U.S. Air Force PB4Y-2 Privateer BuNo 59645 on April 8, 1950.
Ground transport
- BusBusA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
- Bus route #2 is running between Liepaja International Airport and the city center.