NoneBY 🇧🇾 Closed Airport
BY-0026
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534 ft
BY-MI
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 53.213143° N, 27.36075° E
Continent: EU
Type: Closed Airport
Keywords: ZF03 ZF03
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Likely early to mid-1990s
Economic reasons following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The airstrip was primarily used for agricultural aviation supporting local collective farms (kolkhozes). With the collapse of the Soviet economic system and the restructuring of agriculture, the state-funded, large-scale crop-dusting operations it supported were no longer economically viable, leading to its abandonment.
The site is abandoned and in a state of disuse. The paved runway is still clearly visible on satellite imagery but is deteriorating, with vegetation growing through cracks in the pavement. There are no significant airport buildings remaining. The abandoned runway is reportedly used unofficially by locals for activities such as driver training and illegal street/drag racing events.
The airstrip was a typical Soviet-era agricultural airfield. Its primary role was to serve as a base for agricultural aircraft, most notably the Antonov An-2 biplane. These planes were used for aerial application of fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides on the vast fields of the surrounding collective farms in the Pukhavichy District of the Minsk Region. It was a piece of local infrastructure vital to the Soviet model of industrialized agriculture but holds little to no national or military significance.
None known. The airstrip is considered permanently closed. There are no official plans, discussions, or economic incentives to renovate and reopen the facility. The original agricultural purpose is now obsolete or fulfilled by other means, and there is insufficient demand for general aviation in the area to justify the significant cost of restoration.
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