Tiksi North | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
Location | Tiksi | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 66[1] ft / 20[1] m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 72°2′18″N 128°28′18″E / 72.03833°N 128.47167°E | ||||||||||
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Tiksi North is a former Russian military airfield located 41 km north of Tiksi in Bulunsky District, Sakha Republic.[1] Described as a ghost airfield, its probable use was either as a diversion or dispersal airfield for Soviet bombers.[1] It was likely abandoned sometime in the early 1960s.[1]
See also
[edit]Other abandoned arctic staging bases: