List of airports in West Bengal
(Redirected from List of airports in the Kolkata metropolitan area)
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.
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Classification
editThis 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
Contents
editCategory | Description |
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International | Handles international and domestic flights |
Domestic | Handles domestic flights |
Defence | Military airbase |
Abandoned | Abandoned or unused airport |
Flying school | An airfield or an airstrip used to train commercial pilots |
Airport Functional Status | Description |
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Operational | Implies airport has active commercial service for public use airports |
Non operational | Implies airport currently has no active commercial service but had or will have commercial service |
Proposed or under construction | Implies airport is proposed or under construction |
Airports
editGallery
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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
editReferences
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