Borok Airfield

The closure was primarily due to economic reasons following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The airfield was an 'aerodrome of agricultural aviation' (аэродром сельхозавиации), serving local collective farms. With the collapse of the Soviet economic system and the decline of state-funded agriculture, the demand for services like crop dusting and aerial application vanished, rendering the airfield and its operations economically unsustainable. It was abandoned, a fate shared by hundreds of similar small airfields across Russia during that period.

The airfield is completely abandoned and defunct. Current satellite imagery shows the site has reverted to nature. The faint outline of a single, unpaved runway is still visible but is entirely overgrown with grass and shrubs. There are no remaining buildings, hangars, or any other aviation infrastructure on the site. The land appears to be unused.

Borok Airfield had local, not national, significance. Its primary role was to support the agricultural industry in the Novgorod Oblast. Operations would have consisted almost exclusively of utility and agricultural flights, likely using the ubiquitous Antonov An-2 biplane for tasks such as crop dusting, fertilizing, and pest control for the surrounding collective farms (kolkhozes). It was a small but integral part of the vast Soviet infrastructure designed to support its planned economy. The ICAO code 'RU-10038' is a non-standard, national identifier used in some databases for small airfields and landing strips within Russia, not an official international ICAO code.

There are no known plans, discussions, or prospects for reopening Borok Airfield. Given its complete state of disrepair, the lack of any infrastructure, and the absence of the original economic driver for its existence, the possibility of it ever being restored for aviation purposes is extremely remote. The site is considered permanently closed.