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Coordinates: 55°20′13″N 21°31′50″E / 55.33694°N 21.53056°E / 55.33694; 21.53056
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Šilutė Airport (ICAO code EYSI) is a former Lithuanian Air Force airfield. Also it's been a base for glider pilot training since 1950s. Today it is mainly used by aviation enthusiasts operating private ultralight aircraft and gliders. Airfield has concrete runway of 400m which is not used any more (reasonably good condition, operated only by RC modelers), and grass strip of ~600m, which is regulary maintained and used all year round.
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[[File:EYSI panorama.jpg|frameless|center|Panorama]]
| name = Šilutė Airfield
| nativename = Šilutės Aerodromas
| image = Šilutės aerodromas.jpg
| IATA =
| ICAO = EYSI
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator =
| city-served = [[Šilutė]], [[Lithuania]]
| location =
| elevation-f = 59
| elevation-m = 18
| coordinates = {{coord|55|20|13|N|021|31|50|E|type:airport_region:LT_source:LTwiki}}
| website =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 09/27
| r1-length-m = 500
| r1-length-f = 1640
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete]]
| r2-number = 09/27
| r2-length-m = 750
| r2-length-f = 2460
| r2-surface = [[Grass]]
}}
[[File:EYSI panorama.jpg|thumb|right|Šilutė airfield]]
'''Šilutė airfield''' ([[ICAO]] code: EYSI) is a former [[Lithuanian Air Force]] airfield located in Western Lithuania, {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Šilutė]]. It was used for [[glider (aircraft)|glider]] pilot training since the 1950s; today it is mainly used by [[ultralight aircraft]] and gliders. The airfield has a concrete runway of {{convert|500|m|abbr=on}}, which is used mainly by [[Radio-controlled model|radio control modellers]], and a grass strip of ~{{convert|750|m|abbr=on}}, which is regularly maintained and used all year round.

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Latest revision as of 19:03, 20 September 2024

Šilutė Airfield

Šilutės Aerodromas
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesŠilutė, Lithuania
Elevation AMSL59 ft / 18 m
Coordinates55°20′13″N 021°31′50″E / 55.33694°N 21.53056°E / 55.33694; 21.53056
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 500 1,640 Asphalt concrete
09/27 750 2,460 Grass
Šilutė airfield

Šilutė airfield (ICAO code: EYSI) is a former Lithuanian Air Force airfield located in Western Lithuania, 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Šilutė. It was used for glider pilot training since the 1950s; today it is mainly used by ultralight aircraft and gliders. The airfield has a concrete runway of 500 m (1,600 ft), which is used mainly by radio control modellers, and a grass strip of ~750 m (2,460 ft), which is regularly maintained and used all year round.

55°20′13″N 21°31′50″E / 55.33694°N 21.53056°E / 55.33694; 21.53056