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Mys Shmidta Airport (russian: Аэропорт Мыс Шмидта) , also known as Cape Shmidt Airport, is a former military
airbase in the
Iultinsky District
Iultinsky District (russian: Иу́льтинский райо́н; Chukchi: , ''Ivyltin rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #149-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the ...
of
Chukotka,
Russia
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. It is located southeast of
Mys Shmidta.
It is a major airfield with a concrete tarmac. It was built in 1954
as an Arctic staging base for intercontinental bomber flights, with caretaker services provided by OGA (Arctic Control Group). The gravel overrun suggests that the runway was to eventually be extended to 3000 m. Unlike airports such as the
Provideniya Bay Airport
Provideniya Bay Airport (russian: Аэропорт «Бухта Провидения») (also Urelik and Ureliki) is a small airport in Chukotka, Russia located 3 km southwest of Provideniya. It services primarily small transport aircraft. ...
, which has always been a civilian airport, or the
Iultin Airport, which was constructed specifically to serve the needs of the remote mine nearby, the Mys Shmidta airport was initially part of the ring of forward staging bases used by the Arctic Control Group (OGA) prior to
intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Conventional, chemical, and biological weapons c ...
s gaining favour as the primary means of long-range defense.
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Information about Mys Shmidta
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Airlines and Destinations
Gallery
File:CORONA first image.jpg, Mys Shmidta Airport, 1960. The first recovered image from the Corona spy satellite (North is roughly toward the bottom of the picture).
File:Iultinskiy r-n, Chukotskiy, Russia - panoramio.jpg, Ilyushin 18c taking off from Cape Schmidt Airport.
See also
* Chekurovka, abandoned Arctic staging base
* Ostrov Bolshevik, abandoned Arctic staging base
* Tiksi North
Tiksi North is a former Russian military airfield located 41 km north of Tiksi in Bulunsky District, Sakha Republic. Described as a ghost airfield, its probable use was either as a diversion or dispersal airfield for Soviet bombers. It was ...
, abandoned Arctic staging base
* Tiksi West
Tiksi West (Tiksi-Zapadny) was a large air base in Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 7 km west of Tiksi. It appeared on Department of Defense navigation charts during the Cold War, and was listed as having a 13,500 ft (4100 met ...
, abandoned Arctic staging base
* Dresba
Aspidnoye, also referred to as Dresba and Krumaya, is an abandoned Russian military airfield , abandoned Arctic staging base
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Airports in the Arctic
Russian Air Force bases
Airports built in the Soviet Union
Airports in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukchi Sea
Populated places of Arctic Russia
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Soviet Long Range Aviation Arctic staging bases