Pärnu Airport
Description:
The regional airport of Pärnu is located 4 kilometers from Pärnu, Estonia. For the construction of the airport, the city council of Pärnu in 1937 allocated a land plot of 0.28 square kilometers. In 1939, the first plane left the airport. The length of the airport runway is 2480 meters.
The airport has a rich history. In Soviet times, the Soviet Air Force used this airport. In the 1950s, a squadron of Il-28 combat bombers and naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet were based here. The interceptor air base was located at the airfield since 1961, from the 1970s to the 1990s there was a 366 fighter aviation regiment.
In 1992, the airport was taken over by the Estonian Ministry of Defence. In the same year, it was decided to build a new civilian airport on the site of the old military airport. For regular flights began to use the runway used by the Soviet Navy, and the old strip in 1997 was closed.
In addition to domestic scheduled flights, the airport is also used for private flights, for charter flights to other countries. The Pärnu airfield is suitable for private aviation, use by aviation clubs, parachuting, cargo transportation.
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