Tiksi Airport
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Tiksi Aerodrome is located 1 km (0.6 mi) 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
(as a so-called 'bounce' airdrome). 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 probable unusable according to satellite imagery.
According to Farecompare.com, a total of 50 daily seats are flown into Tiksi Airport everyday. This equates a total capacity of 18,250 seats annually, however, with a rough industry average of a 70% load factor on the plane, it is safe to say that Tiksi Airport receives around 12,775 passengers a year. The only scheduled service to Tiksi is by Antonov An-24
turboprop airplane.
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...
, 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...
and was built in the 1950s as a staging base for Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Long Range Aviation
Long Range Aviation
Long Range Aviation was the branch of the Soviet Air Forces tasked with long-range bombardment of strategic targets with nuclear weapons. During the Cold War, it was the counterpart to the Strategic Air Command of the United States Air Force....
bombers to reach the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(as a so-called 'bounce' airdrome). It is used regularly by Tupolev Tu-95
Tupolev Tu-95
The Tupolev Tu-95 is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the former Soviet Union in 1956 and is expected to serve the Russian Air Force until at least 2040...
aircraft in military exercises, including one in 1999, in which bombers practice travelling to the Canadian arctic
Northern Canada
Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut...
. Two other nearby airfields known as 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...
and 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...
have been abandoned for decades, and are probable unusable according to satellite imagery.
According to Farecompare.com, a total of 50 daily seats are flown into Tiksi Airport everyday. This equates a total capacity of 18,250 seats annually, however, with a rough industry average of a 70% load factor on the plane, it is safe to say that Tiksi Airport receives around 12,775 passengers a year. The only scheduled service to Tiksi is by Antonov An-24
Antonov An-24
The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau from 1957.-Design and development:...
turboprop airplane.