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Aug 05, 2016 (newstodate): After a period of reconstruction, Liepaja Airport, 210 km west of Riga, Latvia, is now close to certification.
The airport hopes to obtain its certification already by September 2016, which will allow it to handle commercial air services again from 2017 already.
The reconstruction projects at the airport comprised renovation of the 2,002 m runway, widening of the single taxiway, construction of the apron accommodating three C-class aircraft parking stands, installation of new airfield lighting systems, and drainage of the runway and taxiway.
The airport, originally built for military purpose, was transferred to civil authority in 1960 and is now part of the Liepaja Special Economic Zone.
No airline has yet announced plans for opening flights to Liepaja Airport, but in 2007, airBaltic launched services from Liepaja Airport to Hamburg and Copenhagen, and the now-defunct Russian carrier Atlant-Soyuz operated flights from 2008 between Liepaja and Moscow.
The airport hopes to obtain its certification already by September 2016, which will allow it to handle commercial air services again from 2017 already.
The reconstruction projects at the airport comprised renovation of the 2,002 m runway, widening of the single taxiway, construction of the apron accommodating three C-class aircraft parking stands, installation of new airfield lighting systems, and drainage of the runway and taxiway.
The airport, originally built for military purpose, was transferred to civil authority in 1960 and is now part of the Liepaja Special Economic Zone.
No airline has yet announced plans for opening flights to Liepaja Airport, but in 2007, airBaltic launched services from Liepaja Airport to Hamburg and Copenhagen, and the now-defunct Russian carrier Atlant-Soyuz operated flights from 2008 between Liepaja and Moscow.