List of airports in West Bengal

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.

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.
• 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.
• Note - Specific information related to the airport

Airports

City served	IATA	Airport name	Note
International Airports
Kolkata	CCU	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport	International and domestic flights to all major cities
Siliguri	IXB	Bagdogra International Airport	International flights to Paro and Bangkok, and domestic flights to many cities
Domestic airports
Durgapur, Asansol	RDP	Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport	Domestic Airport. Daily commercial flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Guwahati
Balurghat	RGH	Balurghat Airport
Cooch Behar	COH	Cooch Behar Airport
Kolkata	—	Behala Airport	Flying Club
Malda	LDA	Malda Airport
Kharagpur	—	Kalaikunda Airport
Private Airstrips
Asansol	—	Burnpur Airport	Private airstrip
Durgapur	—	Durgapur Steel Plant Airport
Military Airbases
Barrackpore	—	Barrackpore Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Hasimara / New Jalpaiguri		Hasimara Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Kalaikunda	—	Kalaikunda Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Kanchrapara	—	Air Force Station Kanchrapara	Indian Air Force
Panagarh	—	Panagarh Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Salua	—	Air Force Station Salua	Indian Air Force
Surichua (Planned)	—		Indian Air Force
Closed Airstrips/Runways
Asansol	—	Asansol Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Hijli	—	Hijli Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Piardoba		Piardoba Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Dhubulia	—	Dhubulia Airstrip	No. 99 Squadron RAF during World War II
Garhbeta	—	Digri Airfield	World War II RAF 159 Squadron
Guskara	—	Guskhara Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Jhargram	—	Dudhkundi Airfield	World War II USAAF 444th Bombardment Group
Kalyani	—	Kalyani air field	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Pandaveswar	—	Pandaveswar Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Purulia	—	Charra Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Salboni	—	Salboni Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Tarakeswar	—	Non-directional beacon TK 390 kHz

Gallery

• NSCBI International airport.jpg

  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport

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  Bagdogra International Airport

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  Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport

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  Cooch Behar Airport

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  Chakulia Airport in June, 1944

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  Subhas Chandra Bose arrives at Kolkata Airport

See also

• List of airports by ICAO code: V#VA VE VI VO - India
• List of airports in India
• List of airports in the Kolkata metropolitan area
• List of Indian Air Force bases
• Bharatpedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#India

References

• "Licensed Aerodromes in India" (PDF). Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India. 2008-11-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
• Airports Authority of India website: AirportsIndia.org.in or AAI.aero
• "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12.
• "UN Location Codes: India". UN/LOCODE 2009-1. UNECE. 2009-09-23. - includes IATA codes
• Great Circle Mapper - IATA and ICAO codes
• List of Indian Air Force Stations at GlobalSecurity.org
• [1]-AAI NOTAM summary January 2013
• [2] - Old airfields of Midnapore