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Name
S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airfield
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ICAO / GPS
EYKS / EYKS
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- Region
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Timezone
3:06 pm (EET)
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Municipality
Kaunas
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Coordinates
54° 52′ 47″ N 23° 52′ 53″ E
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Elevation
246 ft (75 m MSL)
About S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airfield
S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport (S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno aerodromas) (ICAO: EYKS), also known as Aleksotas Airport (Aleksoto aerodromas), is a small airport located in Aleksotas district of Kaunas City (Lithuania), about 3 kilometres South-west from city centre. On May 6, 1993, the airport was named after the Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas, who perished in a crash near the end of an attempted non-stop flight from New York to Lithuania in 1933.
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