Markovo Airport Explained

Markovo Airport
Nativename-A:Russian: Аэропорт Марково
Iata:KVM
Icao:UHMO
Lid:МКО
Type:Public
City-Served:Markovo, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Metric-Elev:y
Coordinates:64.6653°N 170.4142°W
Image Mapsize:300
Image Map Caption:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in Russia
Pushpin Map:Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the airport in the Chukotka district
Pushpin Label:KVM
Pushpin Label Position:top
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:09/27
R1-Length-M:2,400
R1-Surface:gravel
Footnotes:Sources: GCM STV

Markovo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Марково) is an airport located in Markovo, in the Chukotka autonomous district of Russia. Starting in the 1940s, Markovo was one of eight stops on the backbone Aeroflot passenger route from Moscow to Anadyr.[1]

Military history

By 1951, US intelligence reported that an airfield for Tupolev Tu-4 bombers was being constructed at Markovo.[2] [3] However the Soviet Union chose instead to build several bomber staging bases along the northern coast, which could be better supplied by the Northern Sea Route. US intelligence continued to monitor Markovo as a possible Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire) staging base as late as 1980.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123120050/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp82-00457r002300070002-1 1. AVIATION IN THE SOVIET ARCTIC 2. AIR ROUTES AND BASES
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123233052/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp83-00415r008900010003-9 (SANITIZED)SOVIET WAR PREPARATIONS(SANITIZED)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123015313/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp79s01011a000800050003-4 D/I USAF PROPOSED CHANGES TO INITIAL DRAFT OF SE-36
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123165859/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80T01355A000100140001-2.pdf STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS RELATED ACTIVITIES SUMMARY REPORT (SANITIZED)