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.
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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.
This list contains the following information:
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| International | Handles international and domestic flights |
| Domestic | Handles domestic flights |
| Defence | Military airbase |
| Abandoned | Abandoned or unused airport |
| Flying school | An airfield or an airstrip used to train commercial pilots |
| Airport functional status | Description |
|---|---|
| Operational | Implies airport has active commercial service for public use airports |
| Non operational | Implies airport currently has no active commercial service but had or will have commercial service |
| Proposed or under construction | Implies airport is proposed or under construction |
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published quarterly in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. ICAO codes are also used to identify other aviation facilities such as weather stations, international flight service stations or area control centers, whether or not they are located at airports. Flight information regions are also identified by a unique ICAO-code.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan area. It is the primary aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) from the city centre. The airport is locally known as Kolkata Airport and Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in 1995 after Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement. The airport's IATA code CCU is associated with "Calcutta", the former legal name of the city. Opened in 1924, Kolkata Airport is one of the oldest airports in India.
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