Syktyvkar Southwest is an unfinished and abandoned airport in Komi

Komi Republic

The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain...

, 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...

 located 19 km southwest of Syktyvkar

Syktyvkar

-Twin towns/sister cities:Syktyvkar is twinned with the following sister cities: Cullera, Spain Debrecen, Hungary Los Altos, United States Lovech, Bulgaria Taiyuan, China-External links:* * * *...

. It was intended to be a civilian airport and was partially constructed in the 1980s, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting drop in air passenger traffic, the plans to complete it were dropped. Today, the existing Syktyvkar Airport

Syktyvkar Airport

Syktyvkar Airport is an airport in the Komi Republic, Russia located just within the City. It services medium-sized airliners; the terminal is on the northwest side of the aerodrome with 10 large parking spaces and 9 small ones; a maintenance area is on the northeast side. The airport supports...

within city limits continues to serve as the city's air transport gateway.