Kacha (air base)

Kacha is an airbase of the Russian Black Sea Fleet located in Kacha, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine.

Kacha
Kacha, Sevastopol, Crimea in Ukraine
Site information
Type	Air Base
Operator	Russian Navy - Russian Naval Aviation
Controlled by	Black Sea Fleet
Location
Kacha Shown within Crimea Show map of Crimea Kacha Kacha (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates	44°46′59″N 33°33′41″E
Site history
Built	1945 (1945)
In use	1945 - present
Airfield information
Elevation	45 metres (148 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 03/21 1,970 metres (6,463 ft) Concrete

The base is used by the 318th Independent Composite Aviation Regiment flying the Antonov An-26KPA, Beriev Be-12 and the Tupolev Tu-134A and the 25th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment which flies the Mil Mi-8, Kamov Ka-27 and the Kamov Ka-29.^[1][2]

The base was used by the:

• 53rd Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1945 and 1946.^[3]
• 306th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1945 and 1947.^[4]
• 859th Training Center for Naval Aviation between 1981 and 2009.^[5]