# Tiksi Airport (IKS / UEST)

**Tiksi Airport** (IATA: IKS, ICAO: UEST) is a medium airport in Tiksi, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia. It has one runway, 3,001 m (9,845 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Russian Air Force. In 2021 it handled 19 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/uest

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IKS / UEST
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Russian Air Force
- Serves: Tiksi, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia
- Elevation: 8 m / 26 ft
- Coordinates: 71.6977, 128.9030
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,001 m / 9,845 ft
- Passengers: 18,947 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Yakutsk
- Website: http://www.polarair.ru
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiksi_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2084892
- Weather station: UEST
- Ident: UEST

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,001 m / 9,845 ft | 59 m / 194 ft | Concrete | 008° / 188° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 18,495 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 17,253 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 17,245 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 15,460 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 18,947 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [YKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ueee.md) Platon Oyunsky Yakutsk International Airport · Russia · 1,069 km / 664 mi · Yakutia Airlines, Polar Airlines
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 4,326 km / 2,688 mi · Yakutia Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from IKS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- R3 [Yakutia Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yakutia-airlines) · 2
- PI [Polar Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/polar-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 19K (2021) | #2,461 of 3,974 | #754 in Asia | #129 in RU |
| Longest runway | 3,001 m / 9,845 ft | =1,184 of 29,858 | =335 in Asia | #62 in RU |
| Elevation | 8 m / 26 ft | =40,786 of 43,403 | =2,827 in Asia | =677 in RU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =32 in RU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDR | KRUG | 128.500 |
| TWR | LANDING | 124.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [RU-0614](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ru-0614.md) Nayba Airfield · 114 km / 71 mi

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #18

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Tiksi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiksi_Airport&oldid=1363147399), revision of 8 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/uest/data