| Grivitsa Airfield | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Grivitsa | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 919 ft / 280 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°24′54.6″N24°44′0.8″E / 43.415167°N 24.733556°E Coordinates: 43°24′54.6″N24°44′0.8″E / 43.415167°N 24.733556°E | ||||||||||
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  LBGR Location of Grivitsa Airfield in Bulgaria | |||||||||||
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Grivitsa Airfield is a public use airport located 1 nm east of Grivitsa, Pleven, Bulgaria.
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminals. Larger airports may have airport aprons, taxiway bridges, air traffic control centres, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. In some countries, the US in particular, they also typically have one or more fixed-base operators, serving general aviation.
Grivitsa is a village in Pleven Municipality, Pleven Province, central northern Bulgaria. It is primarily known as the site of one of the key engagements in the Siege of Plevna during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
Pleven Province is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It is divided into 11 subdivisions, called municipalities, that embrace a territory of 4,333.54 km² with a population, as of February 2011, of 269 752 inhabitants. The province's capital is the city of Pleven.
