Airport in Nakhodka
Airport in Nakhodka «Golden Valley» (the former name of Unashi) is a former military airfield located 20 kilometers from the city towards its northern part. From the beginning of the 90s of the last century to 2006, the airfield was operated jointly with civil aviation and was included in the design plan of the SEZ «Nakhodka airport».
In the late 90s, due to the liquidation of the Air Force units, the airport was disbanded. An artificial runway with a length of 2.5 km is becoming unusable today.
History
The creation of the airport in Nakhodka dates back to 1991, when the need arose to service urgent cargo passing through the Far Eastern port, as well as the need to transport passengers to remote and inaccessible points of the region.
Initially, it was planned to build a new airport in the area of the village «Nikolaevka», located 40 kilometers from Nakhodka. The construction costs were estimated at $ 100 million. However, subsequently, this project was abandoned for unknown reasons..
In September 94th military airfield «Golden Valley» received the status of a co-based airfield. Funding for the construction of passenger and cargo terminals was assigned to the regional and district budgets. Even a loan of $ 9.5 million was allocated and part of the work was done to repair the runway, paint aircraft parking areas, grounding and other work. In March 97th the airport received the first civil cargo aircraft An-12.
However, in May 98, the joint-based aviation regiment was disbanded, and the starting airport was left without technical support. And, despite the fact that the airfield was recognized as suitable for receiving and sending aircraft, due to the lack of funding, the reconstruction and technical re-equipment of the airport was not completed..
The construction of the airport in Nakhodka was part of the plan for the development of the free economic zone until its liquidation in early 2006.
Our days
Today the territory of the airport is falling into disrepair and the runway is overgrown with grass, hangars are being destroyed. Separate subdivisions of the air defense units of the Russian Federation and the residential complex of the military town still remain here..
In the village of Nikolaevka, at the turn on the road to the former airfield, a monument is installed «Fighter-interceptors SU-15».
