Haapsalu Air Base

Haapsalu Air Base

Haapsalu Air Base or Kiltsi Airfield is a disused military airfield in Estonia, located 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of Haapsalu. It was first built by the Soviets in 1939. During the Soviet era, it was an interceptor aircraft base—modern in its day—with several covered aircraft shelters. It was home to the 425th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO, part of the 14th Air Defence Division, 6th Independent Air Defence Army, Air Defence Forces, between 1970 and 1992, flying up to 38 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft in 1991. The airfield has been abandoned since the Soviet army left it in the early 1990s.