Kad River Landing Strip

USA / Alaska / Prudhoe Bay /
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Kad River Landing Strip is an unattended 6,000 ft. gravel airstrip located approximately 10 miles southeast of Kadler Landing Strip. Condition unknown, use caution. USGS Topo dated 7/1/1955 states Kad River Landing Strip
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Coordinates:   70°4'42"N   147°38'33"W

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  • Looks like a runway (>6000ft) that was built a long time ago and not been used for a very long time. Maybe used during WW2?
  • yea it looks like an airport that someone started construction on but apparently it looks like that had some problems with the terrain. But like you said it could have been built in ww2 and just abandoned after. wish it was mine...
  • It's the Kad River landing strip. There is a drill hole nearby, so it may have been built for exploratory purposes. There are landing strips all over the place, and it only takes a few runs with an airplane to leave a really distinct mark. Not an airport.
  • It's interesting that the comment provided by kwoods was marked as "abusive" It's not, in any way, abusive. It's factually correct, but counter to what the first two posters provided. My guess is that we're encountering some of the drawbacks provided by the "everyone can edit" schema. As it's a shame, I'll repost what kwoods posted: "It's the Kad River landing strip. There is a drill hole nearby, so it may have been built for exploratory purposes. There are landing strips all over the place, and it only takes a few runs with an airplane to leave a really distinct mark. Not an airport."
  • maybe an old nuclear bomber air base, during the cold war. It was close enough to the ussr for fuel range and remotely enough not to be detected.
  • It's an exploratory airstrip, as was mentioned by a couple of people. It's called "damage to the tundra", too. I love the guy above, who suggests that a small tundra field is a nuclear bomber base. Thanks for the laugh.....
  • Observations were taken at this airstrip from April-October 1969.
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