Chkalovsky (IATA: CKL[2], ICAO: UUMU[1]) is a military air base near Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

The largest runway of reinforced concrete slabs in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was built here.

wind tunnels, hypobaric chambers, special scales for weighing aircraft, a research plant and other scientific and testing facilities were also built.

A little later, a launch slide was built here (the first prototype of a springboard take-off runway for aircraft carriers), which was popularly called "Chkalovskaya".

[5][6] On 18 September 2023, the Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that they had raided Chkalovsky Air Base.