Silchar Airport
Silchar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Indian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Air Force, Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Silchar | ||||||||||
| Location | Kumbhirgram, Silchar, Assam, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1944 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 352 ft / 107 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°54′47″N 092°58′43″E / 24.91306°N 92.97861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Silchar Airport | ||||||||||
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Source: AAI | |||||||||||
Silchar Airport (IATA: IXS, ICAO: VEKU) is a domestic airport serving city of 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.