Mys Shmidta Airport , also known as Cape Shmidt Airport, is a former military airbase

Airbase

An airbase is a military airfield that provides basing and support of military aircraft....

 in the Shmidtovsky District

Shmidtovsky District

Shmidtovsky District was an administrative district of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, which existed in 1973–2011. Municipally, together with Iultinsky Administrative District, it was incorporated as Iultinsky Municipal District...

 of Chukotka

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subject of Russia located in the Russian Far East.Chukotka has a population of 53,824 according to the 2002 Census, and a surface area of . The principal town and the administrative center is Anadyr...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of Mys Shmidta

Mys Shmidta

Mys Shmidta is an urban-type settlement in Iultinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The settlement is located about southeast of the cape of the same name. The cape, but not the settlement, was formerly known as North Cape or Cape North. Cape Billings is located to the west of...

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It is a major airfield with a 2450 by 60 m (8,038.1 by 196.9 ) concrete tarmac. It was built in 1954 as an Arctic staging base for intercontinental bomber flights, with caretaker services provided by OGA (Arctic Control Group). The gravel overrun suggests that the runway was to eventually be extended to 3000 m.

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
• 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
• Tiksi West
  Tiksi West
  Tiksi West is a large abandoned airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia located about 10 km west of Tiksi. It appears on old Department of Defense navigation charts, and satellite imagery as of 2000 continues to show patterns of disturbed ground...
  
  , 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