Tiksi Airport

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Tiksi Airport
IATA: IKS - ICAO: UEST
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Russian Air Force
Serves Tiksi
Elevation AMSL 26 ft (8 m)
Coordinates 71°41′51″N, 128°54′10″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 9,845 3,001 Concrete

Tiksi Aerodrome (IATA: IKS, ICAO: UEST) is located 1 km (0.6 mi) northeast of Tiksi, Russia and was built in the 1950s as a staging base for Soviet bombers to reach the United States. It is used regularly by Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft in military exercises, including one in 1999, in which bombers practice travelling to the Canadian arctic. Two airfields known as Tiksi North and Tiksi West no longer appear to exist, according to satellite imagery.

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