Chekurovka Чекуровка Alternate names Chekurovku, Chekurovke Location 89 km SW Tiksi Country RU Coordinates 71° 3.9' N 127° 20.3' E (71.0650,127.3383) Elevation 282 m (925 ft) Runway 01/19 3500x50 m (11483x164 ft) 175-355°T (ABANDONED) Usage Military Comments and history A remote, large bomber staging base that is now nonexistent. Accounts exist of Tu-4s landing here with cargo, supplying what appears to be a missile testing range. Airfield appears to be dismantled on satellite. Conceivably concrete blocks may have been moved to Tiksi.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=71.0650,127.3383&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=71.0650,127.3383&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=71.0650,127.3383 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=71.0650,127.3383&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=71.0650,127.3383 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=71.0650&lon=127.3383&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=71.0650_N_127.3383_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Department of Defense / Tactical Pilotage Chart (TPC) (1990 edition) Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved