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Currently working on Rovaniemi (EFRO) and I'm totally bamboozled regarding an area adjacent to the field.

Have attached a screenie with the area highlighted. Does anyone have a clue as to what it is?

Thanks

That's an odd one. If you switch to birdseye view you get a good summer view of it and can zoom in tight. Looks to be paved. There's an abandoned AN-2 at the bottom of it.

It's Santa's runway?

Mixed nude saunas!

Cant do with being whipped with sticks though!



Gary

Stew, don't know if this link would be of any use?

https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/en/


Jim

Hi Jim,

I have the charts from that site - but cannot see anything mentioned about the strange area.

Stew, I think it's part of Rovaniemi, Ice racing and skid pan track.

You could be right there Mark - but at 835 feet across that's a big skid pan.

Showing my age now but it looks like a compass swing pad for large jets, i.e. B707 etc. Mind you I am going back to the days of pre-digital nav equipment. My guess is that those sorts of things are needed any more.

I would leave it markings free and just have it as a feature unless you get some more info.

*thought*
Have you tried looking at the FISD scenery of it to see if that gives you any clues?

I did have that thought Steve, but as you can see - they just left it out.

http://fisd.fsnordic.net/projects/efro/

Cunning devils those Finns.

Mr Pearson declines to answer the previous post because the response could provide self-incriminating evidence of an illegal act punishable by fines, penalties or forfeiture.

Stew

If you have a look at some of the current Finland tourist sites the structure next to the airport isn't on the maps, sattelite or otherwise. Is that an old one?

Chris

Hi Chris,

It's from Flashearth mate, so I "assumed" it was pretty up to date. Unfortunately Google Earth and Nokia Maps have the base area pixelated so I have no way of comparing.

Got the answer from a resident of Rovaniemi.

It is a Winter vehicle test track facility.

http://www.arcticdrivingcenter.fi/en/

Jim

Looks like a fun place to drive from the gallery photos.

jimrodger wrote:Got the answer from a resident of Rovaniemi.

It is a Winter vehicle test track facility.

http://www.arcticdrivingcenter.fi/en/

Jim

Thanks Jim - and thank your mate in Rovaniemi.

Much appreciated.

I thought it was a ski jump facility!

james84 wrote:I thought it was a ski jump facility!

From above, I can see how you arrived at that Giacomo.

Bit hard landing on asphalt though

World's biggest cul-de-sac.