Bozhki Airstrip

The closure was due to economic reasons. Bozhki Airstrip was an agricultural aviation field ('аэродром сельхозавиации'). Its operations were tied to the Soviet state-run collective farm system. With the collapse of the USSR, the centralized funding and large-scale demand for aerial crop dusting and fertilization services vanished, making small, specialized airfields like this economically unviable.

The site is completely abandoned and derelict. Satellite imagery shows a single, paved runway that is severely degraded, with numerous cracks and significant vegetation growth. There are no hangars, terminals, or other significant aviation infrastructure remaining. The surrounding area is active farmland, and the abandoned runway is sometimes used by local farmers as an access road or for temporary storage of agricultural materials.

The airstrip's significance was purely local and agricultural. It was not a military base or a passenger airport. Its primary role was to support the large collective farms in the Verkhnyadzvinsk District of the Vitebsk Region. Operations typically involved aircraft, most commonly the Antonov An-2, performing 'aviation-chemical work' (авиационно-химические работы), which included spraying pesticides and applying fertilizers over vast agricultural fields. It was an integral part of the industrialized agricultural infrastructure of the Soviet era.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening Bozhki Airstrip. The runway is in a state of complete disrepair and would require total reconstruction. Given the absence of the original economic driver (state-sponsored agricultural aviation) and the lack of any other strategic or commercial need for an airfield in this rural location, any investment in its restoration is highly improbable.