 It is also known as "Irkutsk II" airport, and occasionally serves as a diversion airport for the main Irkutsk Airport which is often fog-bound.In 1932, the factory Irkutsk Aircraft Plant Stalin 125 was built here, and was expanded in 1941 during World War II.By the 1960s it was known as Irkutsk Airframe Plant 39. and was observed by Western satellites in August 1962.