Ventspils Airport
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Ventspils International Airport Ventspils Starptautiskā Lidosta |
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The terminal building Ventspils Airport
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The runway of Ventspils Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Municipality of Ventspils | ||||||||||
| Location | Ventspils | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 19 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°21′28″N 021°32′39″E / 57.35778°N 21.54417°ECoordinates: 57°21′28″N 021°32′39″E / 57.35778°N 21.54417°E | ||||||||||
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Source: Latvian AIP at EUROCONTROL
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Ventspils International Airport (IATA: VNT, ICAO: EVVA) is an airport 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) southwest of Ventspils, Latvia. It is the newest airport and, with Liepāja International Airport and Riga International Airport, is one of the three notable airports in the country.
Ventspils Airport was founded in 1939. From 1940 on it was used by Soviet Aircraft. Once 1975 an asphalt-concrete runway (1,298 m × 32 m (4,259 ft × 105 ft)) and an apron (100 m × 100 m (328 ft × 328 ft)) were built. At that time there was an air control dispatchers point at the aerodrome and 40-45 employees worked in the airport. The aerodrome was used by aircraft AN-24, AN-2, YAK-40, MI-2. The flight range was small and there were only two scheduled flights: Ventspils - Riga and Ventspils - Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
In addition to commercial traffic, state departments used the airport for various reasons. There were state border control flights, flights for oil pipeline control, forest patrols, traffic control, fishing inspection flights and others. Airport operation ceased in 1983 due to political decisions by the government.
The possibility re-opening the airport was first discussed in the mid-1990s by which time Ventspils had become an important transport hub. The efficiency and importance of the re-opening of the Ventspils Airport was evaluated.
The main conclusions of this research were that the rehabilitation of the airport would enhance the efficiency of transport corridors and foster economic activity in the region. The region possessed all the social and economic preconditions that indicate potential demand for air traffic. An operational Ventspils Airport would promote competitiveness of the Ventspils transport hub in the European and global markets.
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