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 Šiauliai International Airport is located 7 kilometers southeast of the city of Šiauliai, in

northern Lithuania.
 It covers an area of 471 hectares.
 It has the longest runway in the Baltic states. Its 3500 meters length and 45 meters width.
 Operation hours – 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
 This airport has no noise restrictions.
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The structure of airport administration.
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 The company organizes ground handling services for all types of unlimited landing
weight
 Šiauliai airport serves as military and civil airport, and is open for any types of
passenger/cargo aircraft.
 Because of specially trained professional staff and equipment, it can handle a wide range
of cargo from standard to oversized, high value and military cargo.
 Siauliai Airport has a passenger terminal based on the Schengen requirements, which
mainly serve aircraft crews and passengers. Up to 160 passengers can be serviced at a
time. The company organizes all ground handling services for passengers, other
passenger services available are: border checkpoint, customs post.
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 It is manned with professional military and also non-military personnel.
 It consists of a headquarters, air operation group and operational support group.
 The base operates various fixed wing and rotary blade aircraft.[2]
 The staff, aircraft and equipment of the Air Base has participated in many international
training missions abroad and at home

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Main tasks of the Air Base are:
• To survey, guard and defend the airspace of Lithuania
• Host nation Support for NATO Baltic Air Policing forces.
• To carry out search and rescue and special operations
• Passenger, cargo and VIP transport.
• Air medical evacuation.
• Personnel deployment.
• To support the Lithuanian Land and Naval Forces.
• Air base personnel combat readiness training.