Yekabpils (Krustpils) Alternate names Krustpils (US) Location 3 km NE Jekabpils Country LV Coordinates 56° 32.1' N 25° 53.5' E (56.5350,25.8917) Elevation 88 m (289 ft) Runway 2500x40 m (8202x131 ft) 074-254°T (CONC) Usage Military Comments and history This combat airfield was home to 886 ORAP which had the Su-17 and flew Yak-28R starting in the mid 1970s 34 but upgraded to the Su-24MR.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=56.5350,25.8917&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.5350,25.8917&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=56.5350,25.8917 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=56.5350,25.8917&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=56.5350,25.8917 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=56.5350&lon=25.8917&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=56.5350_N_25.8917_E_type:city Sources 34 Yakovlev Yak-25/-26/-27/-28: Yakovlev's Tactical Twinjets. Yefim Gordon. Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved