Panevėžys | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | unknown | ||||||||||
| Location | Panevėžys | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 197 ft / 60 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°43′48″N 024°27′36″E / 55.73000°N 24.46000°E | ||||||||||
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  EYPP Location of the airport in Lithuania | |||||||||||
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Panevėžys Air Base (also known as Pajuostis, and Tulpė) (IATA: PNV, ICAO: EYPP) is an air base in Lithuania located 6 km east of Panevėžys. It is a transport base, with a very large ring taxiway 2 km in diameter. There are 32 large revetments.
The main operator was 128th Guards Military Aviation Transport Regiment (128 Gv VTAP), Military Transport Aviation, flying Antonov An-22 and Il-76 aircraft.[1] It received USSR's first Il-76M on August 27, 1977. The 128 Gv VTAP relocated in 1992 to Orenburg.
Pajuostis airfield was operated as Lithuanian Air Force Second Air Base in 1993 - 2007. During 1993-2000 it hosted two squadrons - Fighters' Sqn. and Transport Sqn. During 2000-2007 it hosted Helicopters' Sqn.
In 2007, the Lithuanian Armed Forces ceased using the airfield.