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VEKU Silchar Airport MVFR

  • Name
    Silchar Airport
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    VEKU / IXS / VEKU
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    11:31 pm (IST)
  • Municipality
    Silchar
  • Coordinates
    24° 54′ 46″ N 92° 58′ 43″ E
  • Elevation
    338 ft (103 m MSL)

About Silchar Airport

Silchar Airport (IATA: IXS, ICAO: VEKU) is a domestic airport serving Silchar, Assam, India. It is located at Kumbhirgram, on the foothills of the Barail Range, 29 km (18 mi) from the city centre. It was built by the British as RAF Station Kumbhirgram in 1944 and transferred to the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF). It is also a civil enclave airport as it is under the control of Indian Air Force.

It is the fourth-busiest airport of north-east India next to Guwahati, Agartala and Imphal. Passenger traffic in the airport showed a sharp growth of 72.9% in 2017-18, and handled 366,955 passengers. While in 2018-19, the traffic growth was reported 5.4% to 386,665. As of 2023-24 data available with the Airports Authority of India, the airport handled over 412,600 passengers, and is the 45th-busiest airport in India and the 47th-busiest in respect of aircraft movement. The airport is the 46th busiest in cargo transportation, as of 2023-24.

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