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]
Other abandoned arctic staging bases: