Tiksi North Air Base Explained

Tiksi North
Icao:ZC8L
Type:Military
Operator:Russian Air Force
Location:Tiksi
Elevation-F:66
Elevation-M:20
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:11483
R1-Length-M:3500
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map:Russia Sakha Republic#Russia
Pushpin Map Caption:Shown within Sakha Republic
Pushpin Label:Tiksi North

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. It was likely abandoned sometime in the early 1960s.

See also

Other abandoned arctic staging bases:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tiksi/North . Vasquez . Tim . 2009 . weathergraphics.com . Tim Vasquez . 7 June 2016.