- Kaliningrad Devau Airport
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name = Kaliningrad Devau
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caption = The main building of the former Königsberg Devau Airport in May 2006
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location = Kaliningrad
elevation-f = 69
elevation-m = 21
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r1-length-f = 4593
r1-length-m = 1400
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footnotes =Kaliningrad Devau Airport is located 5 km northeast of
Kaliningrad . Today it is a smallgeneral aviation airfield and is also used for sports aviation. There areAntonov An-2 aircraft parked on the site.The airport opened as
Königsberg Devau Airport ( _de. Flughafen Devau) in 1921 after thePolish corridor separatedEast Prussia from the main part of Germany. The main building was designed by the architectHanns Hopp , who was the architect of several public and private buildings erected in Königsberg in the 1920s.The airport in Devau was used by the airlines of Lufthansa and
Deruluft , which connected Königsberg with Berlin and Moscow and other destinations.After
World War II , Devau was discontinued as the main airport by the Soviets, in favor ofKhrabrovo Airport . Parts of the original main building still exists and is used by the Kaliningrad Sport Aviation Club.
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