Kalinka Airfield

Kalinka Airfield is a civilian airfield located in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located 23 km east of Khabarovsk near the town of Kalinka.
It was originally Blagodatnoye a former Russian military airbase and was part of the 11th Independent Air Defence Army, Soviet Air Defence Forces and hosted an interceptor regiment flying Sukhoi Su-9 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 aircraft. It was closed as a military base in 2009.
It is used by light aircraft.

History

From November 1948 to October 1952, the 582nd Fighter Aviation Regiment was stationed on aircraft flying Lavochkin La-7, Lend-Lease Bell P-63 Kingcobra and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. In October 1950, the regiment relocated to the airfield Denshahe.
From June 1948 until its disbandment in 1994, the 301st Fighter Aviation Regiment was based on Yakovlev Yak-9, Yakovlev Yak-11, P-63 Kingcobra, MiG-15, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, Sukhoi Su-9, and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD.
From 1968 until its disbandment in 1988, the 26th Guards Aviation Regiment of fighter-bombers was based on the Sukhoi Su-7 and Sukhoi Su-17 aircraft, and the Sukhoi Su-24.
From 1988 to 1991, the 216th Fighter Aviation Regiment was based at the airfield, using Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft. In 1991 it moved to Komsomolsk-na-Amure.
From 2010 onward, the airfield was no longer used for military purposes. Civilian operators include the Federation of Aviation Sports of the Far East, ChelAvia-Vostok, Representative Office of the Khabarovsk Regional Branch of AOPA-Russia. Satellite imagery shows the maintained portion of the runway was shortened to 800 m.