Air Force Station In India

Agartala Air Force Station

Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Location	Agartala, Tripura, India
Elevation AMSL	47 ft/ 14m
Coordinates	23°53′24″N 091°14′32″E

 

The Airport of Agartala (IATA: IXA, ICAO: VEAT) is situated at a distance of 12km from the main city of Agartala. Agartala is the capital city of the state Tripura. The Airport and the Air force base both are been managed and maintained by the Airports Authority of India. The Airport holds the 22nd rank in being the most busiest of the busiest airports of the country,India and the and most busiest airport among the North eastern hemisphere of the country.

The Agaratala airport is huge and is in a well connected network with the other airports of the country, some of which are Kolkata, Ahemdabad, Guwahati, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi etc

History Agartala Afs

The Airport of Agartala was established in the mid 20th century when the state of Tripura was ruled on by a renowned Maharaja BirBikram Kishore ManikyaBahadur. The King palnned of getting this huge and beautiful airport in an isolated area of the state. And the area was Singerbhill in the state of Tripura. The king is now known or regarded with the title of father of Modern Architecture. The airport was hence built in the era World War II. The airport initially had a small runway but it has improved and modified its field.

The airport was of immense importance when it was constructed and hence was used by the officials of United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force 4th Combat Cargo Group. They used it for their personnel use. They made the C-46 Commando aircraft fly from there to Burma.

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
18/36	2,286	7,500	Asphalt

 

Units at Agartala Base

The Aircraft movement from the Agartala Air Force station and airport is 9,729.

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