Kazlų Rūda Air Base () is an air strip in Lithuania located 5 km northeast of Kazlų Rūda. It was built from 1975 during the Soviet times for military purposes and officially opened in 1977. The concrete runway was in length. The site was used by the Soviet 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division. It had a secret underground facility that became publicly known only in 1993 when last Soviet soldiers left the compound. Today it is abandoned.
In 2012 British investors proposed converting the site into a Formula Two race track.
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