Tiksi Airport
Tiksi, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia
IKS is the IATA airport code for Tiksi Airport, located in Tiksi, Russia. Its ICAO code is UEST. The airport is classified as a Regional Airport with scheduled commercial passenger service. It operates in the Asia/Yakutsk timezone at an elevation of 26 ft (8 m) above sea level. It has 2 runways.
About Tiksi Airport
Wikipedia ↗Tiksi Aerodrome is located 1 km (0.6 mi) northeast of Tiksi, Sakha Republic, 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 travelling to the Canadian arctic. Two other nearby airfields known as Tiksi North and Tiksi West have been abandoned for decades, and are probably unusable, according to satellite imagery.
Location
Open in OpenStreetMap ↗Runways (2)
| Designation | Length | Width | Surface | Lighted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 9,845 ft (3,001 m) | 194 ft (59 m) | Concrete | Yes | Open |
| 03/21 | 9,845 ft (3,001 m) | 194 ft (59 m) | Concrete | Yes | Open |
Airlines (2)
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- IATA Code
- IKS
- ICAO Code
- UEST
- Type
- Regional Airport
- City
- Tiksi
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
- Timezone
- Asia/Yakutsk
- Local Time
- —
- Elevation
- 26 ft (8 m)
- Coordinates
- 71.6977°N, 128.9030°E
- Annual Passengers
- 17,245
- Operator
- Russian Air Force
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