Jelgava Air Base

Latest update on airfield condition: /10.04.2011: RWY surface is good, in some places small stones.

After soviet collapse used mainly by Rīgas Aeroklubs for parachute dropping and general aviation activities.

The 285th OVE REB (Russian Отдельная вертолётная эскадрилья Радиоэлектронной борьбы, Independent Electronic Warfare Helicopter Squadron) flying modifications of Mi-8 aircraft was based here from 1979.

In the late 1980s Riga DOSAAF relocated to the adjacent field from Spilve and used it for skydiving and gliding sport.

Due to Latvian independence, in 1992 the helicopter squadron was relocated to Lyambir air base near Saransk, and later dissolved.