Lielvārde Air Base
Summary
| Operating Country | 🇱🇻 Latvia |
| Location | 🇱🇻 Latvia |
| Status | ◉ Active |
| Usage | Military only |
| Year built | 1969 |
| Operating Organization | Latvian Air Force |
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Location & Details
| Coordinates | 56.7775°N, 24.8519°E |
| ICAO code | EVGA |
Description
Lielvārde Air Base is located in Rembate Parish, Ogre Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, 7 kilometres north of Lielvārde and southeast of Riga. Established in 1969 for a Soviet attack aircraft regiment, the facility hosted the 899th Fighter Aviation Regiment beginning in 1980. This unit operated under the 1st Guards Stalingradsko-Berlinskaya Red Banner Fighter Aviation Division, 15th Air Army, before its redesignation as a Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment in 1981 within the Baltic Military District. The 899th Regiment withdrew to Russia in 1993, and the base was transferred to Latvia in 1994.
The installation serves as the operational center for the Latvian Air Force. Infrastructure includes an administrative headquarters building and modernized taxiway and runway systems completed between 2007 and 2014. The base supports multi-national NATO forces, including a Canadian-led battalion. In February 2024, the base began supporting the NATO enhanced Air Policing mission, hosting a detachment of German Air Force Eurofighters. Logistics operations are supported by transport flights of LM-100J aircraft.