Syktyvkar Southwest is an unfinished and abandoned airport in Komi,

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located 19 km southwest of

Syktyvkar Syktyvkar (, , ; , ) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the administrative center of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as Ust-Sysolsk after the Sysola, Sysola River. Ety ...

. It was intended to be a civilian airport and was partially constructed in the 1980s, but with the

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and the resulting drop in air passenger traffic, the plans to complete it were dropped. Today, the existing

Syktyvkar Airport Syktyvkar Airport is an airport in the Komi Republic, Russia located just within the city of Syktyvkar Syktyvkar (, , ; , ) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the administrative cente ...

within city limits continues to serve as the city's air transport gateway.

References

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