List of airports in West Bengal

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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:

Airports[edit]

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)[1] 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[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • "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