List of airports in West Bengal

Air transportation 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.

Classification

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.
Division - Location of the airport, the particular 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/ Note - Functional status of the airport

Airports

City served	Division	IATA	ICAO	Airport name	Note
International airports
Kolkata	Presidency	CCU	VECC	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport	International connections to United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Thailand, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and domestic flights to all Indian cities
Siliguri	Jalpaiguri	IXB	VEBD	Bagdogra International Airport	International flights to Singapore, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and domestic flights to multiple Indian cities
Kalyani	Presidency	—	—	—	under planning and operational by 2030
Domestic airports
Durgapur	Burdwan	RDP	VEDG	Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport	Domestic airport. Commercial flights to Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Siliguri and Guwahati.
Cooch Behar	Jalpaiguri	COH	VECO	Cooch Behar Airport	Domestic airport. Commercial flight to Kolkata.
Balurghat	Malda	RGH	VEBG	Balurghat Airport	Under construction
Kolkata	Presidency	—	VEBA	Behala Airport	Flying club, VVIP landing station
Malda	Malda	LDA	VEMH	Malda Airport	Construction on hold
Purulia	Medinipur	—	—	—	Planned
Private airstrips
Asansol	Burdwan	—	VEBB	Burnpur Airport	Steel Authority of India Limited
Durgapur	Burdwan	—	—	Durgapur Steel Plant Airstrip	Government of West Bengal
Military airbases
Barrackpore	Presidency	—	VEBR	Barrackpore Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Alipurduar	Jalpaiguri	—	VEHX	Hasimara Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Kalaikunda	Medinipur	—	VEDX	Kalaikunda Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Kanchrapara	Presidency	—	VBKP	Air Force Station Kanchrapara	Indian Air Force
Panagarh	Burdwan	—	VEPH	Panagarh Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Salua	Medinipur	—	VESX	Air Force Station Salua	Indian Air Force
Rampurhat	Burdwan	—	—	Surichua Aerodrome	Indian Air Force (planned)
Closed airstrips/runways
Asansol	Burdwan	—	—	Asansol Airfield	World War II USAAF airstrip
Hijli	Presidency	—	—	Hijli Airfield	World War II USAAF airstrip
Bishnupur	Medinipur	—	—	Piardoba Airfield	World War II USAAF airstrip
Bagrakote	Jalpaiguri	—	—	Leesh River Airstrip	World War II USAAF airstrip
Dhubulia	Presidency	—	—	Dhubulia Airstrip	No. 99 Squadron RAF during World War II
Garhbeta	Medinipur	—	—	Digri Airfield	World War II RAF 159 Squadron
Guskara	Burdwan	—	—	Guskhara Airfield	World War II USAAF airstrip
Jhargram	Medinipur	—	—	Dudhkundi Airfield	World War II USAAF 444th Bombardment Group
Kalyani	Presidency	—	—	Kalyani Airfield	World War II USAAF airstrip
Pandaveswar	Burdwan	—	—	Pandaveswar Airfield	World War II USAAF airstrip
Purulia	Medinipur	—	—	Charra Airfield	World War II USAAF airstrip
Salboni	Medinipur	—	—	Salboni Airfield	World War II USAAF airstrip

Gallery

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Bagdogra International Airport
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
Cooch Behar Airport
Chakulia Airport in June, 1944
Subhas Chandra Bose arriving at Kolkata Airport

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
-AAI NOTAM summary January 2013
- Old airfields of Midnapore

Airports in India

International

Western India	Ahmedabad Aurangabad Indore Mumbai Nagpur Nashik Pune Rajkot Shirdi Surat Vadodara
Eastern India	Bhubaneswar Gaya Guwahati Imphal Kolkata Patna Siliguri
Northern India	Amritsar Ayodhya Chandigarh Delhi Jaipur Kushinagar Lucknow Srinagar Varanasi
Southern India	Bengaluru Chennai Coimbatore Goa-Dabolim Goa-Mopa Hyderabad Kannur Kochi Kozhikode Madurai Mangalore Port Blair Thiruvananthapuram Tiruchirappalli Tirupati Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
^† Designated as customs airport by AAI; a limited number of international flights are permitted at some of these airports

Domestic/private

Central India

Chhattisgarh	Bhilai Bilaspur Jagdalpur Jashpur Korba Raigharh Raipur
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal Gwalior Jabalpur Khajuraho Panna Satna

Eastern India

Bihar	Darbhanga Munger Muzaffarpur Purnea Raxaul
Jharkhand	Bokaro Chakulia Deoghar Dhanbad Dumka Jamshedpur Ranchi
Odisha	Angul Balangir Barbil Bargarh Berhampur Baripada Bhawanipatna Dhenkanal Jajpur Jeypore Jharsuguda Kendujhar Lanjigarh Nuapada Phulbani Rairangpur Rayagada Rourkela Sambalpur Therubali
West Bengal	Asansol Balurghat Behala Cooch Behar Durgapur Malda Purulia

Northeastern India

Arunachal Pradesh	Along Daporijo Itanagar Pasighat Tezu Ziro
Assam	Dhubri Dibrugarh Jorhat North Lakhimpur Silchar Tezpur
Meghalaya	Shillong Tura
Mizoram	Aizawl
Nagaland	Dimapur
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tripura	Agartala Kamalpur Khowai

Northern India

Haryana	Bhiwani Hisar Karnal Narnaul Pinjore
Himachal Pradesh	Kangra Kullu–Manali Shimla
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu Kishtwar Poonch Rajouri
Ladakh	Kargil Leh
Punjab	Bathinda Ludhiana Pathankot
Rajasthan	Bikaner Ganganagar Jaisalmer Jhalawar Jodhpur Kishangarh Kota Udaipur
Uttarakhand	Chinyalisaur Dehradun Pantnagar Pithoragarh
Uttar Pradesh	Agra Aligarh Azamgarh Bareilly Chitrakoot Ghaziabad Gorakhpur Kanpur Prayagraj Shravasti

Southern India

Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa Kurnool Nagarjuna Sagar Puttaparthi Rajahmundry
Karnataka	Belgaum Bidar Kalaburagi Hubli Mysore Shivamogga Toranagallu
Lakshadweep	Agatti
Puducherry	Pondicherry
Tamil Nadu	Salem Tuticorin Vellore

Western India

Daman and Diu	Daman Diu
Gujarat	Bhavnagar Bhuj Deesa Jamnagar Kandla Keshod Mehsana Mundra Porbandar
Maharashtra	Aamby Valley Akola Baramati Chandrapur Dhule Hadapsar Jalgaon Karad Kolhapur Latur Mumbai Juhu Nanded Osmanabad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Solapur Yavatmal

Proposed

International

East	Jamshedpur Puri
North	Ludhiana Mandi Noida
South	Bhogapuram Kottayam Parandur Thiruvambady
West	Dholera Navi Mumbai Purandar, Pune

Domestic

South	Bellary (new) Bijapur Hassan Karaikal Karwar Kothagudem Nellore Nizamabad Ramagundam Warangal
East	Dhamra Kailashahar Kohima Purnea Vuakmual
West	Ankleshwar Chandrapur Kota greenfield
North	Ghazipur Chaukhutia Gauchar Kishtwar Moradabad Meerut Muirpur (Sonbhadra) Palia Raebareli Saharanpur
Central	Ambikapur Datia Lalitpur Rewa

Military

Indian Air Force

Western Air Command	Adampur AFS Ambala AFS Amritsar AFS Awantipur AFS Bathinda AFS Chandigarh AFS Halwara AFS Hindan AFS Leh AFS Palam AFS Pathankot AFS Sarsawa AFS Siachen Glacier AFS Sirsa AFS Srinagar AFS Udhampur AFS
Eastern Air Command	Agartala AFS Bagdogra AFS Barapani AFS Barrackpore AFS Chabua AFS Charbatia AFS Dum Dum AFS Hasimara AFS Jorhat AFS Kalaikunda AFS Kumbhigram AFS Mohanbari AFS Mountain Shadow AFS Panagarh AFS Purnea AFS Tawang AFS Tezpur AFS
Central Air Command	Agra AFS Bakshi Ka Talab AFS Bamrauli AFS Bangarmau AFS Bareilly AFS Bihta AFS Chakeri AFS Darbhanga AFS Gorakhpur AFS Maharajpur AFS
Southern Air Command	Coimbatore AFS Madurai AFS Tambaram AFS Thanjavur AFS
South Western Air Command	Bhuj AFS Jaisalmer AFS Jamnagar AFS Jodhpur AFS Lohegaon AFS Makarpura AFS Nal-Bikaner AFS Naliya AFS Phalodi AFS Suratgarh AFS Uttarlai AFS
Training Command	Begumpet AFS Bidar AFS Dundigal AFS Hakimpet AFS Yelahanka AFS
Maintenance Command	Nagpur AFS Ojhar AFS

Indian Navy

Eastern Naval Command	Arakkonam INS Rajali Uchipuli INS Parundu Visakapatnam INS Dega
Western Naval Command	Dabolim INS Hansa Mumbai INS Shikra
Southern Naval Command	Kochi INS Garuda

Indian Army

Nasik
Jhansi

Indian Coast Guard

Daman

Joint

Andaman and Nicobar Command	Campbell Bay INS Baaz Car Nicobar AFS Diglipur INS Kohassa NDA Gliderdrome (Training) Port Blair INS Utkrosh

State-wise list of airports

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttarakhand
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal

Places

States

Andhra Pradesh	Eluru Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Karnataka	Bangalore Mangalore
Kerala	Kochi Kollam Thiruvananthapuram Thrissur
Maharashtra	Mumbai Nagpur Pune
Tamil Nadu	Chennai Coimbatore Madurai Tiruchirappalli
Telangana	Hyderabad
West Bengal	Darjeeling Kolkata
Other	AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JK JH MP MN ML MZ NL OD PB RJ SK TR UP UT

Union territories

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