Rzhevka Airport (russian: Аэропорт Ржевка) is an airport in
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...
,
Russia
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located 15 km east of
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. Now the airport serves small aircraft.
The airport was officially closed in 2007 and its runways are currently used as dealer car parking. A Soviet-made
Il-14 and a few smaller aircraft have been abandoned on the apron since then but the airport was restored in 2015 .
References
External links
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Rzhevka Airport official website
Defunct airports
Airports built in the Soviet Union
Airports in Leningrad Oblast
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