List of airports in Arunachal Pradesh

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The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh currently has four operational airports. The state also has a number of military airbases and airstrips that are used by the Indian Air Force. The state of Arunachal Pradesh received its first flight in 2018 when Alliance Air's first flight landed at Pasighat Airport from Guwahati. [1] The second airport to get operationalised was Tezu Airport. [2]

The proposed Itanagar Airport at Itanagar was scheduled to be inaugurated in October 2022 for commercial operations. [3] There are plans to develop an airport at Tawang to increase tourism and increase security. [4] Upgradation of existing airstrips under the Government of India's UDAN scheme is also proposed to increase tourism in Arunachal Pradesh and develop the state. [5] [6]

List

The list includes the airports in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh with their respective ICAO and IATA codes. [7]

List of airports in Arunachal Pradesh
Sl. no.LocationAirport name ICAO IATA OperatorCategoryRole
1 Aalo Along Airport VEANIXV Indian Air Force Military airportDefence
2 Daporijo Daporijo Airport VEDZDEP Indian Air Force Military airportDefence
3 Itanagar Itanagar Airport VEHOHGI Airports Authority of India Domestic airport Commercial
4 Mechuka Mechuka ALG VEMKnone Indian Air Force Military airportDefence
5 Pasighat Pasighat Airport VEPGIXT Airports Authority of India Domestic airport Commercial/defence
6 Tawang Tawang AFS nonenone Indian Air Force Military airportDefence
7 Tezu Tezu Airport VETJTEI Airports Authority of India Domestic airport Commercial
8 Tuting Tuting ALG VETUnone Indian Air Force Military airportDefence
9 Vijaynagar Vijaynagar ALGnonenone Indian Air Force Military airportDefence
10 Walong Walong ALG VEWLnone Indian Air Force Military airportDefence
11 Ziro Zero Airport VEZOZER Airports Authority of India Domestic airport Commercial/defence

References

  1. ↑ "Arunachal in aviation map with the landing of first commercial aircraft in Pasighat". Arunachal Times. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh's remote Tezu on aviation map as first Dornier plane lands". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Inauguration of Donyi Polo Airport in Arunachal Pradesh deferred to October". Business Standard. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Tawang to get a new airport and a walk-through market soon". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Jyotiraditya Scindia assured 3 more airports in Arunachal Pradesh: CM Pema Khandu". Economic Times. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Alliance Air to connect Assam's Dibrugarh with five Arunachal towns". Economic Times. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "List of Airports in India:" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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