Sredny Ostrov Airfield
Sredny Ostrov | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Khatanga (village) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 26 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 79°31′42″N 091°4′30″E / 79.52833°N 91.07500°E | ||||||||||
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Sredny Ostrov is a military airfield in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located 893 km north of Khatanga. It is an ice airfield used as an alternate field for Tu-95 (Bear) bombers in the Arctic. It was built in the late 1950s as a staging base for Soviet bombers to reach the United States, and was maintained by OGA (Arctic Control Group), which was a caretaker agency for strategic facilities in the Arctic. In March 1979 2 Tu-128 (Fiddler) aircraft were based here. The airfield is believed to be operational, operated by Frontier Guards (FSB) and capable of servicing An-26 and An-72 aircraft (it was in use as of January 2000, when an expedition bound for the North Pole recorded being flown there from Khatanga).[1]
References
- ^ Ola Skinnarmo, Kampen mot Nordpolen, Stockholm [DN-förlaget], 2000,; ch.1
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