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Baku Kala Air Base is a military airfield on the outskirts of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, operated by the Azerbaijani Air Force. It possesses a single long hard runway aligned north-south and has no published civil facilities, making it a field of historical rather than practical interest to the visiting simulator pilot.
Baku Kala Air Base is a military airbase located at Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and is operated by the Azerbaijani Air Force. It is currently home to the 843rd Mixed Aviation Regiment and has no civilian passenger operations, making it a site of interest chiefly for its Soviet-era military heritage rather than as a destination for general aviation traffic.
The airfield lies at Baku on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan, at an elevation of 36 feet. As an active military installation it sits within airspace controlled for defence purposes rather than civil traffic, and no published civil approach or transit procedures are available.
Baku Kala has a single physical runway, 18/36, of hard surface construction and measuring 8,138 feet in length. There is no ILS installed.
No communications frequencies are published for Baku Kala Air Base, reflecting its status as a closed military facility rather than a field open to civil radio contact or navigation aid use.
The base has its roots in the Soviet air defence system: the 518th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the PVO (Soviet Air Defence Forces) was stationed at Baku Kala from 1949 to 1952. Following the collapse of the Soviet Armed Forces, aircraft based here were relocated to airfields in Russia, after which the Azerbaijani Air Force took over use of the airfield.
The base is currently occupied by the 843rd Mixed Aviation Regiment of the Azerbaijani Air Force. It remains an active military installation with no civil facilities, fuel, or public access, and it does not feature in civil VFR route planning.