Chekurovka was an Arctic military airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia located 89 km southwest of Tiksi.^[2] It is a remote, large bomber staging base that was either abandoned during construction or commissioned for emergency use.^[2] It was probably built around 1960 as a forward deployment base for the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and abandoned shortly afterward.^[2] Its status and condition are unknown.

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Chekurovka
Chekurovku, Chekurovke, Чекуровка
Tiksi, Sakha in Russia
Chekurovka airfield, June 1968, from KH-7 satellite.
Chekurovka Shown within Sakha Republic Show map of Sakha Republic Chekurovka Chekurovka (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	71°3′54″N 127°20′18″E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Soviet Air Forces
Site history
Built	1960 (1960)
In use	1960-1968 (1968)
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: ZAR3
Elevation	248 metres (814 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 01/19[2] 3,500 metres (11,483 ft)[2] Concrete

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Reconnaissance imagery showed that two aircraft were observed on the air base in 1968.^[3]

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