it is a developing place for general aviation and a take-off site for the "419th helicopter repair plant", which is located at the eastern part of the runway.

Gorelovo was originally built in 1938 to house parts of the Soviet Air Force's 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

During the Winter War from November 1939 to March 1940, the regiment flew 3,412 sorties while operating from Gorelovo in the north-western borders of the Soviet Union, earning the award the Order of the Red Banner.

In March 1951, Gorelovo became home to the 29th Guards Fighter Aviation Volkhov Regiment returning from the Korean War, and was established as part of the air defense system for Leningrad (Saint Petersburg).

Gorelovo was renamed Annino after another adjacent village in Leningrad Oblast and briefly used by the Russian Air Force before falling out of military use.