LBPL
Dolna Mitropoliya Air Base
VFR
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Name
Dolna Mitropoliya Air Base
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ICAO / GPS
LBPL / LBPL
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
6:54 pm (EET)
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Municipality
Dolna Mitropoliya
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Coordinates
43° 27′ 5″ N 24° 30′ 10″ E
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Elevation
330 ft (101 m MSL)
About Dolna Mitropoliya Air Base
Dolna Mitropoliya Air Base (Bulgarian: Летище Долна Митрополия, ICAO: LBPL) is a public use airport near Dolna Mitropoliya, Pleven, Bulgaria. It is the home of the aviation faculty of the National Defence University. The 12th Air Training Wing is stationed there. The aviation school was created in 1945 and named after Georgi Benkovski. The school moved to Dolna Mitropoliya in 1948 and was incorporated in 2002 as part of the National Defence University.