Mezőkövesd (Klementina) (former Soviet reserve airbase)

Hungary / Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen / Szentistvan /
 airport, military, former air force base

Mezõkövesd (Mezokovesd, Мезёкёвешд, Klementina)
N4749 E2038
Location of airfield: Ca. 5 km north-northeast of Mezõkövesed.
Usage during the Cold War: Soviet reserve airfield.
Current usage: Closed.
Runways: 05/23: 3500 m
Radio: call sign "FALU" (ФАЛУ) (source: www.strizhi.ru)
Installations: simple layout: long and wide runway, parallel taxiway, ramp in the southwest; railway from the north.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   47°48'55"N   20°38'10"E

Comments

  • My "dembel" (demob) airfield in 1989
  • Вот он родимый аэродром Мезекевешд.Осюда, начиная с 1975 г., самолетами вывозили дембелей и привозили молодых. И что характерно, мадьяры его не угробили. Молодцы!
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