Lakhta Katunino
Novodvinsk,Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Navy -Russian Naval Aviation
Location
Lakhta Shown within Arkhangelsk Oblast Show map of Arkhangelsk Oblast Lakhta Lakhta (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	64°23′0″N40°43′0″E / 64.38333°N 40.71667°E /64.38333; 40.71667
Site history
Built	1956 (1956)
In use	1956 - 2002 (2002)
Airfield information
Elevation	31 metres (102 ft)AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26 2,900 metres (9,514 ft) Concrete

Lakhta (also described asKholm,Katunino,Novodvinsk,Lahta, orPervomaysk) is a naval air base inArkhangelsk Oblast,Russia located 22 km southeast ofArkhangelsk. It was home to 574 MRAP (574th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment) flyingTupolev Tu-16 andTupolev Tu-22M3 bombers.^[1][2] It is capable of nuclear weapons storage.

By 2006Google Earth showed only two Tu-22M bombers, which were removed shortly afterward. Panoramio photos taken in 2010 show an auto rally on the old runway and extensive overgrowth, indicating the facility was abandoned in the mid or late 2000s.

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