List of airports in West Bengal explained

This is a list of airports in West Bengal, a state in eastern India, grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state.

Classification

This list contains the following information:

• City served - The city generally associated with the airport. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside the city they serve.
• Division - Location of the airport, perticular division it serves
• ICAO - The location indicator assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
• IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
• Airport name - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
• Operational - Functional Status of the airport
• Owned/Operated by - Authority owning or operating the airport

Airports

City served	Division			Airport name	Note
International Airports
		CCU	VECC		International connections to United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Thailand, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and domestic flights to all Indian cities.
		IXB	VEBD		International flights to Singapore, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Thailand,^[1] and domestic flights to multiple Indian cities.
		—	—		A Proposed Airport, operational by 2030
Domestic airports
		RDP	VEDG		Domestic Airport. Commercial flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad.
		COH	VECO		Domestic Airport. Commercial flight to Kolkata
		RGH	VEBG		Under Construction
		—	VEBA		Flying Club
		LDA	VEMH		Planned
		—	—	—	Planned
Private Airstrips
		—	VEBB		Steel Authority of India Limited
		—	—	Durgapur Steel Plant Airport	Government of West Bengal
Military Airbases
		—	VEBR
Hasimara / New Jalpaiguri		—	VEHX
	—	—	VEDX
		—	VBKP
		—	VEPH		Indian Air Force
Salua	—	—	—		Indian Air Force
Surichua (Planned)^[2]	—	—	—	—	Indian Air Force
Closed Airstrips/Runways
		—	—		World War II USAAF Airstrip
		—	—	Hijli Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Piardoba	—	—	—		World War II USAAF Airstrip
	—	—	—	Leesh River Airstrip	World War II USAAF Airstrip
		—	—	Dhubulia Airstrip	No. 99 Squadron RAF during World War II
	—	—	—	Digri Airfield	World War II RAF 159 Squadron
		—	—		World War II USAAF Airstrip
		—	—		World War II USAAF 444th Bombardment Group
		—	—	Kalyani Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
	—	—	—		World War II USAAF Airstrip
		—	—		World War II USAAF Airstrip
		—	—	Salboni Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip

See also

• • List of airports in India
• List of Indian Air Force bases

References

• Web site: Licensed Aerodromes in India . Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India . 2008-11-10 . 2010-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190926172324/http://dgca.nic.in/aerodrome/aero_list.pdf . 2019-09-26 . dead .
• Airports Authority of India website: AirportsIndia.org.in or AAI.aero
• Web site: ICAO Location Indicators by State . . 2006-01-12.
• Web site: UN Location Codes: India . UN/LOCODE 2009-1 . . 2009-09-23. - includes IATA codes
• Great Circle Mapper - IATA and ICAO codes
• List of Indian Air Force Stations at GlobalSecurity.org
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231108/http://www.aai.aero/misc/Kolkata_A_2013_01.pdf-AAI NOTAM summary January 2013
• http://www.midnapore.in/arifield/hijli-airfield.html - Old airfields of Midnapore

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bagdogra Flight Connections .
2. Web site: IAF plans to make Birbhum aerodrome permanent base .