Kohima Chiethu Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Kohima | ||||||||||
Location | Chiethu, Kohima District, Nagaland, India | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,658 ft / 1,420 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°46′42″N94°10′18″E / 25.77833°N 94.17167°E Coordinates: 25°46′42″N94°10′18″E / 25.77833°N 94.17167°E | ||||||||||
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Kohima Chiethu Airport is a greenfield airport currently under construction at Chiethu, 25 kilometres north of Kohima, the capital of Nagaland in India. It will operate as a second airport for Nagaland with the existing Dimapur Airport continuing to operate. The new airport is being built by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) over an area of 645 acres. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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