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	{{Short description\|Airport in Lakhimpur district, Assam, India}}		{{Short description\|Airport in Lakhimpur district, Assam, India}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~October 2018~~}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2025}}
	{{Use Indian English\|date=~~October 2018~~}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=April 2025}}
	{{Infobox airport		{{Infobox airport
	\| name = Lilabari Airport ~~(North Lakhimpur Airport)~~		\| name = Lilabari Airport
	\| image = Lilabari ~~airport Assam terminal bldg autside view~~.~~JPG~~		\| image = Lilabari Airport Lakhimpur.jpg
	\| image-width = 250px		\| image-width = 250px
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| IATA = IXI		\| IATA = IXI
	\| ICAO = VELR		\| ICAO = VELR
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	\| owner =		\| owner =
	\| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]		\| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
	\| city-served = [[North Lakhimpur~~]], [[Dhemaji~~]]		\| city-served = [[North Lakhimpur]]
	\| location = [[~~Lakhimpur district\|Lakhimpur~~]], ~~Assam~~		\| location = Lilabari, North Lakhimpur, [[Assam]], [[India]]
	\| elevation-f = 330		\| elevation-f = 330
	\| elevation-m = 101		\| elevation-m = 101
	\| coordinates = {{Coord\|27\|17\|44\|N\|094\|05\|52\|E\|type:airport\|display=inline,title}}		\| coordinates = {{Coord\|27\|17\|44\|N\|094\|05\|52\|E\|type:airport\|display=inline,title}}
	\| website =		\| website = [https://indiaairport.com/states/assam/lilabari_airport.htm Lilabari Airport]
	\| metric-elev =		\| metric-elev =
	\| metric-rwy =		\| metric-rwy =
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	\| r1-length-f = 7,500		\| r1-length-f = 7,500
	\| r1-length-m = 2,286		\| r1-length-m = 2,286
	\| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]/[[~~asphalt~~]]		\| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]/[[Asphalt concrete\|Asphalt]]
	\| stat-year =		\| stat-year = April 2024 - March 2025
	\| stat1-header =		\| stat1-header = Passengers
	\| stat1-data =		\| stat1-data = 30,108 ({{decrease}} 16.8%)
	\| stat2-header =		\| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
	\| stat2-data =		\| stat2-data = 719 ({{decrease}} 41.7%)
	\| footnotes =		\| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
			\| stat3-data = -
			\| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India\|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data\|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf\|website=aai.aero\|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data\|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex2.pdf\|website=aai.aero\|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data\|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf\|website=aai.aero\|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref>
	}}		}}

	'''Lilabari ~~Airport''' or '''North Lakhimpur~~ Airport''' {{Airport codes\|IXI\|VELR}} is ~~located in the~~ [[~~Lakhimpur district~~]] in the [[~~States and territories of India\|state~~]] of [[Assam]], [[India]]. It ~~serves the town of [[North Lakhimpur]]~~, ~~located~~ 8~~ ~~km ~~(5 mi)~~ from the ~~town~~.		'''Lilabari Airport''' {{Airport codes\|IXI\|VELR}}, also known as '''North Lakhimpur Airport''', is a [[domestic airport]] serving the city of [[North Lakhimpur]] in [[Assam]], [[India]]. It is located at Lilabari, {{cvt\|8\|km}} north from the city centre.

	==History==		==History==
	The Lilabari airport project in Lakhimpur began following hectic campaigning and lobbying by local Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Ranee Narah from 1999 to 2003.<ref name="N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights">{{cite web\|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2511/state06 \|title=N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights \|publisher=Assam Tribune \|access-date=8 August 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530024052/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2511%2Fstate06 \|archive-date=30 May 2011 }}</ref> Construction of the airport had finished by 2003, and the terminal was inaugurated by then Union Civil Aviation Minister [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]].<ref name="N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights"/><ref name="Lilabari Airport">{{cite web \|url=http://lakhimpur.nic.in/airport.htm\|title=Lilabari Airport\|publisher=lakhimpur.nic.in\|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref>		The Lilabari airport project in Lakhimpur began following hectic campaigning and lobbying by local Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Ranee Narah from 1999 to 2003.<ref name="N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights">{{cite web\|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2511/state06 \|title=N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights \|publisher=Assam Tribune \|access-date=8 August 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530024052/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2511%2Fstate06 \|archive-date=30 May 2011 }}</ref> Construction of the airport had finished by 2003, and the terminal was inaugurated by then Union Civil Aviation Minister [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]].<ref name="N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights"/><ref name="Lilabari Airport">{{cite web\|url=http://lakhimpur.nic.in/airport.htm\|title=Lilabari Airport\|publisher=lakhimpur.nic.in\|access-date=8 August 2012\|archive-date=4 March 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221805/http://lakhimpur.nic.in/airport.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			Lilabari Airfield has a little-known but significant history as a forward operating base for the Indian Air Force. During the 1962 Sino-Indian War and in the decades that followed, the IAF used the airfield for airlift, surveillance, and logistical support in the Northeast frontier. Its proximity to strategic regions made it a quiet but vital asset, particularly during operations in Arunachal Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Gupta \|first=Anchit \|title=Wings Over Lilabari: IAF’s Historic Links to Assam’s Airfield \|url=https://iafhistory.in/2023/04/09/wings-over-lilabari-iafs-historic-links-to-assams-airfield/ \|website=IAFHistory \|date=9 April 2023 \|access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>

	==Current status==		==Current status==
	* As of 2013, the Lilabari airport in Lakhimpur is connected to [[Kolkata]] by an [[Air India Regional]] service on a daily basis.
	* The airport is equipped with a night landing facility, and the runway is being modified to operate larger aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.guwahatiplus.com/daily-news/assam-lilabari-airport-to-get-country-s-4th-aviation-hub\|title=Assam: Lilabari Airport to Get Country's 4th Aviation Hub}}</ref>		* The airport is equipped with a night landing facility, and the runway is being modified to operate larger aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.guwahatiplus.com/daily-news/assam-lilabari-airport-to-get-country-s-4th-aviation-hub\|title=Assam: Lilabari Airport to Get Country's 4th Aviation Hub}}</ref>
	* As of 2020, the airport will be connected to [[New Delhi]] on a daily basis by [[Air Asia]].<ref name="nenow.in">{{Cite web\|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-lilabari-airport-to-be-aviation-training-centre.html\|title = Assam: Lilabari airport to be aviation training centre}}</ref>

	==~~Future developments~~==		==Airlines and destinations==
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	* [[~~Airports Authority of~~ India]] ~~had requested for 25 acres of land for aviation manpower training academy at the airport and another 84 acre for expansion of runway and isolation bay from the state government~~, ~~as of November 2019~~.<ref ~~name~~=~~"nenow~~.in"/>		{{Airport-dest-list
			\|{{nowrap\|[[Alliance Air (India)\|Alliance Air]]}}\| [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport\|Guwahati]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport\|Kolkata]], [[Shillong Airport\|Shillong]],<ref>{{cite news\|title=Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule\|url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/three-new-flights-connecting-assam-arunachal-meghalaya-manipur-mizoram-launched-check-schedule/ar-AA13xvZQ\|work=Times Now\|date=30 October 2022\|access-date=30 October 2022\|language=en}}</ref> [[Tezpur Airport\|Tezpur]]<ref>{{cite news\|title=Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule\|url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/three-new-flights-connecting-assam-arunachal-meghalaya-manipur-mizoram-launched-check-schedule/ar-AA13xvZQ\|work=Times Now\|date=30 October 2022\|access-date=30 October 2022\|language=en}}</ref>
			}}

	==Statistics==		==Statistics==
	~~[[File:Lilabari airport Assam terminal bldg airside.JPG\|thumb\|Lilabari airport terminal from airside]]~~
	~~[[File:Lilabari airplane.JPG\|thumb\|Alliance Air ATR 42 (VT-ABA) at Lilabari Airport]]~~
	{{Airport-Statistics\|iata=IXI}}		{{Airport-Statistics\|iata=IXI}}

	~~==Airlines and destinations==~~
	~~{{Airport-dest-list~~
	\|{{nowrap\|[[Alliance Air (India)\|Alliance Air]]}}\|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport\|Kolkata]]<ref name="AI">{{cite web\|url=https://book.airindia.in/itd/itd/lang/en/travel/schedules\|title=Air India and Alliance Air schedule list\|access-date=8 November 2018\|publisher=airindia.in}}</ref>
	~~}}{{Airport destination list\|Flybig\|Guwahati}}~~

	==See also==		==See also==
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	\|{{nowrap\|[[Alliance Air (India)\|Alliance Air]]}}\|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport\|Kolkata]]<ref name="AI">{{cite web\|url=https://book.airindia.in/itd/itd/lang/en/travel/schedules\|title=Air India and Alliance Air schedule list\|access-date=8 November 2018\|publisher=airindia.in}}</ref>		\|{{nowrap\|[[Alliance Air (India)\|Alliance Air]]}}\|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport\|Kolkata]]<ref name="AI">{{cite web\|url=https://book.airindia.in/itd/itd/lang/en/travel/schedules\|title=Air India and Alliance Air schedule list\|access-date=8 November 2018\|publisher=airindia.in}}</ref>
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	==See also==		==See also==
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	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150104024200/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/northlakhimpur.jsp Lilabari Airport at the AAI]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150104024200/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/northlakhimpur.jsp Lilabari Airport at the AAI]
	*{{WAD\|VELR}}

	{{Airports in India}}		{{Airports in India}}

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{{Short description|Airport in Lakhimpur district, Assam, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Lilabari Airport (North Lakhimpur Airport)
| image = Lilabari airport Assam terminal bldg autside view.JPG
| image-width = 250px
| caption =
| IATA = IXI
| ICAO = VELR
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_label= '''IXI'''
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| city-served = [[North Lakhimpur]], [[Dhemaji]]
| location = [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]], Assam
| elevation-f = 330
| elevation-m = 101
| coordinates = {{Coord|27|17|44|N|094|05|52|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| metric-elev =
| metric-rwy =
| r1-number = 04/22
| r1-length-f = 7,500
| r1-length-m = 2,286
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]/[[asphalt]]
| stat-year =
| stat1-header =
| stat1-data =
| stat2-header =
| stat2-data =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Lilabari Airport''' or '''North Lakhimpur Airport''' {{Airport codes|IXI|VELR}} is located in the [[Lakhimpur district]] in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Assam]], [[India]]. It serves the town of [[North Lakhimpur]], located 8 km (5 mi) from the town.

==History==
The Lilabari airport project in Lakhimpur began following hectic campaigning and lobbying by local Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Ranee Narah from 1999 to 2003.<ref name="N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2511/state06 |title=N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights |publisher=Assam Tribune |access-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530024052/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may2511%2Fstate06 |archive-date=30 May 2011 }}</ref> Construction of the airport had finished by 2003, and the terminal was inaugurated by then Union Civil Aviation Minister [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]].<ref name="N Lakhimpur upbeat over increased flights"/><ref name="Lilabari Airport">{{cite web |url=http://lakhimpur.nic.in/airport.htm|title=Lilabari Airport|publisher=lakhimpur.nic.in|access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref>

==Current status==
* As of 2013, the Lilabari airport in Lakhimpur is connected to [[Kolkata]] by an [[Air India Regional]] service on a daily basis.
* The airport is equipped with a night landing facility, and the runway is being modified to operate larger aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guwahatiplus.com/daily-news/assam-lilabari-airport-to-get-country-s-4th-aviation-hub|title=Assam: Lilabari Airport to Get Country's 4th Aviation Hub}}</ref>
* As of 2020, the airport will be connected to [[New Delhi]] on a daily basis by [[Air Asia]].<ref name="nenow.in">{{Cite web|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-lilabari-airport-to-be-aviation-training-centre.html|title = Assam: Lilabari airport to be aviation training centre}}</ref>

==Future developments==

* [[Airports Authority of India]] had requested for 25 acres of land for aviation manpower training academy at the airport and another 84 acre for expansion of runway and isolation bay from the state government, as of November 2019.<ref name="nenow.in"/>

==Statistics==
[[File:Lilabari airport Assam terminal bldg airside.JPG|thumb|Lilabari airport terminal from airside]]
[[File:Lilabari airplane.JPG|thumb|Alliance Air ATR 42 (VT-ABA) at Lilabari Airport]]
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=IXI}}

==Airlines and destinations==
{{Airport-dest-list
|{{nowrap|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]}}|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]]<ref name="AI">{{cite web|url=https://book.airindia.in/itd/itd/lang/en/travel/schedules|title=Air India and Alliance Air schedule list|access-date=8 November 2018|publisher=airindia.in}}</ref>
}}

==See also==
* [[Dibrugarh Airport]]
* [[Rupsi Airport]]
* [[Silchar Airport]]
* [[Tezpur Airport]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons-inline}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150104024200/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/northlakhimpur.jsp Lilabari Airport at the AAI]
*{{WAD|VELR}}

{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:North Lakhimpur]]
[[Category:Airports in Assam]]
[[Category:Airports established in 2003]]
[[Category:2003 establishments in Assam]]