Chekurovka (air base)

For the rural locality, see Chekurovka.

Chekurovka was an Arctic military airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia located 89 km southwest of Tiksi.^[2] It is a remote, large bomber staging base that was either abandoned during construction or commissioned for emergency use.^[2] It was probably built around 1960 as a forward deployment base for the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and abandoned shortly afterward.^[2] Its status and condition are unknown.

Chekurovka
Chekurovku, Chekurovke, Чекуровка
Tiksi, Sakha in Russia
Chekurovka airfield, June 1968, from KH-7 satellite.
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Soviet Air Forces
Location
Chekurovka Shown within Sakha Republic Show map of Sakha Republic Chekurovka Chekurovka (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	71°3′54″N 127°20′18″E
Site history
Built	1960 (1960)
In use	1960-1968 (1968)
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: ZAR3
Elevation	248 metres (814 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 01/19[2] 3,500 metres (11,483 ft)[2] Concrete

Reconnaissance imagery showed that two aircraft were observed on the air base in 1968.^[3]

See also

• Aspidnoye (air base), abandoned Arctic staging base
• Ostrov Bolshevik (air base), abandoned Arctic staging base
• Tiksi North Air Base, abandoned Arctic staging base
• Tiksi West Airfield, abandoned Arctic staging base