Barysiai Airport ( lt, Barysių aerodromas) is an
airport
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in
Barysiai
Barysiai is a village ( lt, kaimas) in the eldership of Gataučiai, in the Joniškis district municipality in Šiauliai County, Lithuania. It is 19 km away from the city of Joniškis
Joniškis (; Samogitian language, Samogitian: ''Juonėšk ...
,
a village in the
Joniškis district municipality
Joniškis (; Samogitian: ''Juonėškis'') is a town in northern Lithuania with a population of about 9,900. It is located 39 kilometers north of Šiauliai and 14 kilometers south of the Lithuania– Latvia border. Joniškis is the municipal an ...
of
Šiauliai County in northern
Lithuania
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. From 1959 to 1992 it was a civil airport serving the city of
Šiauliai.
Facilities
The airport resides at an
elevation
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of above
mean sea level
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. It has one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
designated 10/28 with an
asphalt
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surface measuring .
See also
*
Šiauliai International Airport (IATA: SQQ, ICAO: EYSA)
References
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Airports in Lithuania
Buildings and structures in Šiauliai County