The
military air base was originally built in the 1920s by the
Soviet Union, and it eventually became a class 1 airfield with a runway 2500 m long and 49 m wide, capable of handling planes over 75 tons in weight. until 2009, the base hosted an airlift unit, the 103 Gv VTAP (
103rd Guards Military Air Transport Regiment, full name in Russian: ), At one point, about 28 Il-76 aircraft were based there. The Russian Air Force regiment was disbanded in late 2009, and until 2010, there were no active units at the base except for a small airbase command post. The airfield has been functioning in part as a civilian airport since October 2009. (In fact, the transfer of the airfield began in 2019). ==Accidents and incidents==