Chistopol was an airport in

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located 7 km southwest of

Chistopol Chistopol (russian: Чи́стополь; tt-Cyrl, Чистай, ''Çistay''; cv, Чистай, ''Çistay'') is a town in Tatarstan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, on the Kama River. As of the 2010 Census, its p ...

. It was a small airport, with a single tarmac runway with one building. Overhead imagery from

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shows a structure, equipment and materials on the runway, beginning before 1 May 2014. Other imagery through 10 August 2018 demonstrates the structure has remained in place. Furthermore, security fencing has been installed and various pieces of equipment within and without the fence, being moved from time-to-time. It appears this airport has been re-purposed as an equipment and materials storage depot.

References

RussianAirFields.com

External links

The article about local airlines
on the website of the republican newspaper Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in Tatarstan {{Russia-airport-stub