Kacha was founded in 1912. It received urban-type settlement status in 1938.[1]
Military outpost
There is an airbase in Kacha used by Russia and its Black Sea Fleet Naval Air Force as headquarters for the 25th Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment (25th AHR) and the 917th Independent Composite Air Regiment (917th ICAR).[2]
Occupied by Germany in part of 1942-part of 1944.