Tiksi West is a large abandoned airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia

Russia

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 located about 10 km west of Tiksi

Tiksi

Tiksi is an urban locality and the administrative center of Bulunsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast. Population: It is one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea...

. It appears on old Department of Defense navigation charts, and satellite imagery as of 2000 continues to show patterns of disturbed ground. The history of the airfield is unknown but its role as a military facility was likely replaced by Tiksi Airport

Tiksi Airport

Tiksi Aerodrome is located 1 km northeast of Tiksi, Russia and was built in the 1950s as a staging base for Soviet Long Range Aviation 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...

, which serves the area today.

See also

• Chekurovka
  Chekurovka
  Chekurovka is a noteworthy Arctic military airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia located 89 km southwest of Tiksi. It is a remote, large bomber staging base that was either abandoned during construction or commissioned for emergency use. It was probably built around 1960 as a forward deployment...
  
  , abandoned Arctic staging base
• Dresba
  Dresba
  Dresba is an abandoned military airfield in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 343 km west of Pevek. It was built around 1960, but it is unknown whether the airfield was simply graded or if paved surfaces were built...
  
  , abandoned Arctic staging base
• Ostrov Bolshevik
  Ostrov Bolshevik
  Ostrov Bolshevik is a noteworthy airfield in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, and is the fourth most northernmost airfield in Russia. It was probably constructed around 1960, and is among several very large trans-polar airfields for Russia's strategic bomber force that were either abandoned during...
  
  , abandoned Arctic staging base
• Tiksi North
  Tiksi North
  Tiksi North is a noteworthy military airfield in Russia located 41 km north of Tiksi. It is one of several very large airfields that were constructed in the Arctic regions around 1960 to handle Russian strategic bomber deployments, but never saw operational use...
  
  , abandoned Arctic staging base