Taszar airbase

Hungary / Somogy / Taszar /
 airport, former air force base
Taszár (Kaland)
N4624 E01755, 526', LHTA
Usage during the Cold War: Airbase of the Hungarian Air Force (1990: MiG-21bis, Su-22).
Current usage: closed.
Runways: 16/34: 2500 m x 60 m Concrete
Radio: Call sign "ZELESEG" (Source: www.strizhi.ru)
Installations: Parallel runway, several open parking positions, remote sites in the northwest and northeast.

Taszar was in use with the US Air Force / CIA (1996-2005). Now it's a civil airport, in the future maybe a commercial and/or logistical base.

www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/taszar.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taszár_Air_Base
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   46°23'33"N   17°54'50"E

Comments

  • This base has never been used by Sowiet forces! At the present location the airfield received a hard surface RWY and TWYs in 1952. It got closed by the end of 2005. Since then it has been unused.
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