Vaskovo Airport named after I.I. Cherevichny (IATA: VKV, ICAO: ULAH) is an airport of local air lines in the Lisestrovsky rural settlement of the Primorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region. During the repair of the runway of Talagi Airport from May 1 to November 2023, it is also used for interregional flights (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Cherepovets, etc.).
The airport is located 12 km from the center of Arkhangelsk, near the village of Vaskovo. It was founded in 1981. It mainly serves local transportation (within the Arkhangelsk region). The number of airport staff is 547 people.
It was a joint-based airfield (can be used by military aviation). Based at the airfield:
in the period from August 1, 1953 to April 1, 1960, the 216th Gomel Red Banner Order of Suvorov II degree Fighter Aviation Division and the 518th Berlin Order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment on MiG-15bis and MiG-17 aircraft.
from 1979 to 1994, the 359th separate mixed aviation regiment of the 10th separate Air Defense Armies (6 Mi-8T, 3 Mi-8MT, 3 Mi-26, 3 An-12, 1 An-24, 8 An-26)
from 1994 to 1998 — 125th Separate Transport Squadron (OTAE) from the 22nd Air Defense Corps.
JSC "2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron" is based on the territory of the airfield.
