Nagurskoye Нагурское Location at Zemlya Aleksandr Country RU ICAO UODN Coordinates 80° 48.1' N 47° 40.1' E (80.8017,47.6683) Elevation 20 m (65 ft) Runway 10/28 1400x35 m (4593x115 ft) 122-302°T (DIRT) Usage Military Comments and history This airfield operates under OGA (Arctic Control Group). It is an extremely remote arctic base in the western Franz Josef Islands, located 820 km W of Sredniy airfield. It was built in the 1950s as a staging base for Soviet bombers to reach the U.S. An An-72 cargo plane crashed here 23 Dec 1996 while attempting to land, perhaps one of the northernmost plane crashes ever. Services Mi-8, Mi-26, An-72, and An-26 aircraft.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=80.8017,47.6683&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=80.8017,47.6683&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=80.8017,47.6683 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=80.8017,47.6683&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=80.8017,47.6683 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=80.8017&lon=47.6683&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=80.8017_N_47.6683_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: CAICA Elevation data: CAICA Runway data: CAICA ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved