It was originally Blagodatnoye (Russian: 10-й участок, Kalinka) 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 (NATO: Fishpot) and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (NATO: Fresco) aircraft.

From November 1948 to October 1952, the 582nd Fighter Aviation Regiment was stationed on aircraft flying Lavochkin La-7 (1948-1950), Lend-Lease Bell P-63 Kingcobra (1950) and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (1950-1952).

[3][4] From 1988 to 1991, the 216th Fighter Aviation Regiment was based at the airfield, using Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft.

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 (2600 ft).