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Mys Shmidta Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Мыс Шмидта) (ICAO: UHMI), also known as Cape Shmidt Airport, is a former military airbase in the Iultinsky District of Chukotka, Russia. It is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of Mys Shmidta.
It is a major airfield with a 2,450 by 60 metres (8,038 ft × 197 ft) 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, 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 missiles gaining favour as the primary means of long-range defense.




Accidents


On July 6, 1989, 4 minutes after takeoff from the Cape Shmidt airfield, the engines on the Il-14 ice reconnaissance aircraft failed; Due to a forced landing on the water surface of the lagoon, the plane was seriously damaged. The crew members escaped with minor injuries.
On February 1, 1995, during a landing approach, due to a piloting error, an An-28 aircraft made a rough landing 15 meters before the end of the runway. After the impact, the plane separated from the ground and landed a second time at a distance of 20 meters from the beginning of the runway. The plane stopped at a distance of 225 meters from the end of the runway. As a result, the plane was seriously damaged. There were no fatalities.




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See also


Chekurovka, abandoned Arctic staging base
Ostrov Bolshevik, abandoned Arctic staging base
Tiksi North, abandoned Arctic staging base
Tiksi West, abandoned Arctic staging base
Dresba, abandoned Arctic staging base




References






External links


Visit to the area
Accident history for UHMI at Aviation Safety Network

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• Bandar Udara Internasional Nursultan Nazarbayev
• Mys Shmidta
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• Cape Schmidt
• List of airports in Russia
• Leningradsky, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
• Soviet Border Troops
• Shmidtovsky District
• Manas International Airport
• International Airport Irkutsk
• Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport