Chekurovka (air base)
| Chekurovka Air Base Chekurovku, Chekurovke Чекуровка | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | near Tiksi | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 814[1] ft / 248 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 71°3′54″N 127°20′18″E / 71.06500°N 127.33833°ECoordinates: 71°3′54″N 127°20′18″E / 71.06500°N 127.33833°E | ||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Chekurovka is a noteworthy Arctic military airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia located 89 km southwest of Tiksi.[2] It is a remote, large bomber staging base that was either abandoned during construction or commissioned for emergency use.[2] It was probably built around 1960 as a forward deployment base for the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and abandoned shortly afterward.[2] Its status and condition are unknown.
Reconnaissance imagery showed that two aircraft were observed on the air base in 1968.[3]
See also
- Dresba, abandoned Arctic staging base
- Ostrov Bolshevik, abandoned Arctic staging base
- Tiksi North, abandoned Arctic staging base
- Tiksi West, abandoned Arctic staging base
References
- 1 2 Chekurovka from airportsearch.org
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chekurovka at weathergraphics.com
- ↑ CABLE, CIA-RDP78B04549A000500010022-2, Central Intelligence Agency, October 3, 1968.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.