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Tiksi North Air Base

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Former military airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia
Tiksi North
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorRussian Air Force
LocationTiksi
Elevation AMSL66 ft / 20 m
Coordinates72°2′18″N 128°28′18″E / 72.03833°N 128.47167°E / 72.03833; 128.47167
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 11,483 3,500

Tiksi North is a former Russian military airfield located 41 km north of Tiksi in Bulunsky District, Sakha Republic. Described as a ghost airfield, its probable use was either as a diversion or dispersal airfield for Soviet bombers. It was likely abandoned sometime in the early 1960s.

See also

Other abandoned arctic staging bases:

References

  1. ^ Vasquez, Tim (2009). "Tiksi/North". weathergraphics.com. Tim Vasquez. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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