Salka Airfield

ICAO XSSNSmall airfield

Salka Airfield is a small airfield near Nizhny Tagil in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It is listed as ICAO XSSN. The airport is located at 57.9883° / 60.2350° at an elevation of 270 m (886 ft). There is one runway, the longest measuring 2,500 m. The nearest airport is Byngi Airfield, 46 km (29 mi) away. No scheduled service is recorded for this airfield.

Symbolic aviation imagery (AI-generated) – not a photo of this specific airport.

Map detail of Salka Airfield with runways — Close-up with runways

World map showing the position of Salka Airfield — Overview map

Data

Data
ICAO code	`XSSN`
Identifier	`RU-7741`
Type	Small airfield
City	Nizhny Tagil
Region	Sverdlovsk Oblast
Country	Russia
Coordinates	57.98830, 60.23500
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	57° 59′ 17.88″ N 60° 14′ 06.00″ E
Elevation	270 m (886 ft)
Scheduled service	no

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