Malda Airport | |
Iata: | LDA |
Icao: | VEMH |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
Pushpin Label: | LDA |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Airports Authority of India |
City-Served: | English Bazar |
Location: | English Bazar, India |
Elevation-F: | 10 |
Elevation-M: | 3 |
Coordinates: | 25.011°N 88.127°W |
R1-Number: | 11/29 |
R1-Length-F: | 3600 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources |
Malda Airport [1] [2] [3] is located at Malda, India. Situated at an elevation of 791 feet, it is 3 km from the city centre and covers a rough area of around 140 acres. It has a runway measuring 3600 by 100 feet and is unpaved. Small aircraft and helicopters can land here. The terminal was built to handle 20 passengers each on arrival and departure at a time.[4] There were weekly services available to Kolkata and Balurghat operated by Vayudoot till 1989 when the services were withdrawn. As of 2017 the airport is under reconstruction.