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List of Indian Air Force Bases
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The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each Command is headed by a Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal.

The Indian Air Force has over 60 air bases all over India. These are grouped into one of 5 Air Commands (apart from Training Command and Maintenance Command).

There are a number of newer air bases being built as well, in line with India's strategic doctrine. The Indian Navy has some separate air bases for its Aviation wing. The International Air Command so far operates only one air base, Farkhor Air Base, in Tajikistan.

Western Air Command

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Western Air Command
Base ICAO Runway Elev. in feet/meters Lat/Lon State
Adampur AFS VIAX 13/31 775 ft. / 236 mts 31° 25' 59.55" N
75° 45' 38.85" E		 Punjab
Ambala AFS VIAM 12L/30R
12R/30L		 900 ft. / 274 mts. 30° 22' 07.16" N
76° 48' 54.21" E		 Haryana
Amritsar AFS VIAR 16/34 755 ft. / 230 mts. 31° 42' 27.95" N
74° 47' 57.25" E		 Punjab
Awantipur AFS VIAW 12/30 5,400 ft. / 1,646 mts. 33° 52' 35.86" N
74° 58' 32.45" E		 Jammu & Kashmir
Bhatinda AFS VIBT 13/31 700 ft. /213 mts. 30° 16' 12.50" N
74° 45' 20.78" E		 Punjab
Chandigarh AFS VICG 11/29 1,012 ft. / 308 mts. 30° 40' 24.49" N
76° 47' 18.75" E		 Union Territory
Halwara AFS VIHX 13/31 790 ft. / 241 mts. 30° 44' 54.72" N
75° 37' 47.23" E		 Punjab
Hindon AFS VIDX 09/27 700 ft. / 213 mts. 28° 42' 27.71" N
77° 21' 30.87" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Leh AFS VILH 06/24
07R/25L
07L/25R		 10,682 ft./ 3,256 mts. 34° 08' 08.63" N
77° 32' 44.58" E		 Jammu & Kashmir
Palam AFS
Delhi		 VIDP 09/27
10/28		 776 ft. / 237 mts 28° 33' 59.40" N
77° 06' 11.12" E		 Union Territory
Pathankot AFS VIPK 01/19 1,017 ft. / 310 mts. 32° 14' 01.60" N
75° 38' 04.66" E		 Punjab
Sarsawa AFS VISP 09/27 891 ft. / 272 mts. 29° 59' 39.53" N
77° 25' 27.25" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Siachen Glacier AFS - - 22,000 ft. / 6,706 mts. 35.5° N
77.0° E		 Jammu & Kashmir
Sirsa AFS VISA 05/23 650 ft. / 198 mts. 29° 33' 38.09" N
75° 00' 21.87" E		 Haryana
Srinagar AFS VISR 13/31 5,458 fts. / 1,664 mts. 33° 59' 12.82" N
74° 46' 25.78" E		 Jammu & Kashmir
Udhampur AFS VIUX 18/36 1,950 ft. / 594 mts. 32° 54' 08.06" N
75° 09' 18.54" E		 Jammu & Kashmir

Eastern Air Command

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Eastern Air Command
Base ICAO Runway Elev. in feet/meters Lat/Lon State
Agartala AFS VEAT 18/36 48 ft. / 14 mts. 23° 53' 20.90" N
91° 14' 27.90" E		 Tripura
Baghdogra AFS VEBD 18/36 412 ft. / 125 mts. 26° 40' 53.26" N
88° 19' 41.21" E		 West Bengal
Barapani AFS
Shillong		 VEBI 04/22 2910 ft. / 886 mts. 25° 42' 06.10" N
91° 58' 41.45" E		 Meghalaya
Barrackpore AFS VEBR 02/20 18 ft. / 5 mts. 22° 46' 51.74" N
88° 21' 32.05" E		 West Bengal
Chabua AFS
Dibrugarh		 VE30 05/23 350 ft. / 107 mts. 27° 27' 44.03" N
95° 07' 03.54" E		 Assam
Dum Dum AFS
Kolkatta		 VECC 01L/19R
01R/19L		 17 ft. / 5 mts. 22° 39' 17.06" N
88° 26' 48.20" E		 West Bengal
Hasimara AFS
Jalpaiguri		 VE44 11L/29R
11R/29L		 340 ft. /104 mts. 26° 42' 15.46" N
89° 22' 07.95" E		 West Bengal
Jorhat AFS VEJT 04/22 284 ft. / 87 mts. 26° 43' 50.94" N
94° 10' 32.99" E		 Assam
Kalaikunda AFS VE60 17/35 200 ft. / 60 mts. 22° 20' 22.23" N
87° 12' 52.19" E		 West Bengal
Kumbhigram AFS
Silchar		 VEKU 06/24 352 ft. / 107 mts. 24° 54' 46.54" N
92° 58' 43.47" E		 Assam
Mohanbari AFS
Dibrugarh		 VEMN 05/23 361 ft. / 110 mts. 27° 29' 00.13" N
95° 01' 03.13" E		 Assam
Mountain Shadow AFS
Guwahati		 VEGT 05/23 350 ft. / 107 mts. 27° 27' 44.03" N
95° 07' 03.54" E		 Assam
Tawang AFS - - 8,756 ft. / 2,669 mts. 27° 34' 60 N
91° 52' 0 E		 Arunachal Pradesh
Tezpur AFS VETZ 04/22 240 ft. / 73 mts. 26° 42' 36.07" N
92° 47' 03.41" E		 Assam
Panagarh AFS VEPH 15/33 240 ft. / 73 mts. 23° 28' 28.08" N
87° 25' 40.21" E		 West Bengal

Central Air Command

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Central Air Command
Base ICAO Runway Elev. in feet/meters Lat/Lon State
Agra AFS VIAG 05/23
12/30		 551 ft. 167 mts. 27° 09' 20.99" N
077° 57' 39.21" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Bakshi Ka Talab AFS
near Lucknow		 VIBL 09/27 385 ft./ 117 mts. 26° 59' 18.40" N
80° 53' 35.10" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Bamrauli AFS
Allahabad		 VIAL 06/24
12/30		 322 ft./ 98 mts. 25° 26' 20.99" N
81° 44' 03.00" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Bareilly AFS VIBY 11/29 565 ft./ 172 mts. 28° 25' 20.84" N
79° 26' 59.83" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Chakeri AFS
Kanpur		 VICX 01/19
09/27		 410 ft./124 mts. 26° 24' 15.48" N
80° 24' 36.43" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Gorakhpur AFS VEGK 11/29 259 ft. / 78 mts. 26° 44' 22.95" N
83° 26' 58.95" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Maharajpur AFS
Gwalior		 VIGR 06/24 617 ft. 188mts. 26° 17' 38.06" N
78° 13' 39.99" E		 Madhya Pradesh

Southern Air Command

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Southern Air Command
Base ICAO Runway Elev. in feet/meters Lat/Lon State
Begumpet AFS
Hyderabad		 VOHY 09/27
14/32		 1,741 ft. /531 mts. 17° 27' 08.70" N
78° 27' 40.00" E		 Andhra Pradesh
Bidar AFS VOBR 02/20
08/26		 2,178 ft. /663 mts. 17° 54' 28.41" N
77° 29' 09.03" E		 Karnataka
Car Nicobar AFS VOCX 02/20 42 ft.s / 13 mts. 09° 09' 11.51" N
92° 49' 09.81" E		 Nicobar Islands
Coimbatore AFS
Sulur		 VOSX 05/23 1,319 ft. / 402 mts. 11° 00' 54.08" N
77° 09' 41.19" E		 Tamil Nadu
Dundigal AFS VODG 10L/28R
10R/28L		 2,013 ft. / 614 mts. 17° 37' 45.93" N
78° 24' 12.57" E		 Andhra Pradesh
Hakimpet AFS
Hyderabad		 VO28 09/27 2,020 ft. / 616 mts. 17° 33' 12.57" N
78° 31' 29.64" E		 Andhra Pradesh
Madurai AFS VOMD 09/27 461 ft. / 141 mts. 09° 50' 04.23" N
78° 05' 36.16" E		 Tamil Nadu
Port Blair AFS VOPB 04/22 16 mts. /5 mts. 11° 38' 53.01" N
92° 44' 05.14" E		 Andaman Islands
Tambaram AFS VOTX 05/23
12/30		 90 ft. / 27 mts. 12° 54' 24.62" N
80° 07' 16.55" E		 Tamil Nadu
Trivandrum AFS VOTV 14/32 15 ft. / 5 mts. 08° 28' 55.85" N
76° 55' 05.86" E		 Kerala
Yelahanka AFS
Bangalore		 VOYK 09/27 3,045 ft. / 928 mts. 13° 08' 09.04" N
77° 36' 20.99" E		 Karnataka

South Western Air Command

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South Western Air Command
Base ICAO Runway Elev. in feet/meters Lat/Lon State
Bhuj AFS VABJ 05/23 268 ft./82 mts. 23° 17' 16.18" N
69° 40' 12.53" E		 Gujarat
Gandhinagar AFS
Ahmedabad		 VAAH 10/28
14/32		 189 ft. 58 mts. 23° 04' 29.05" N
72° 37' 54.30" E		 Gujarat
Jaisalmer AFS VIJR 04/22 887 ft. / 270 mts. 26° 53' 21.83" N
70° 51' 52.87" E		 Rajasthan
Jamnagar AFS VAJM 06/24
12/30		 69 ft. / 21 mts. 22° 27' 59.11" N
70° 00' 41.12" E		 Gujarat
Jodhpur AFS VIJO 05/23 717 ft. / 219 mts. 26° 15' 05.03" N
73° 02' 53.37" E		 Rajasthan
Lohegaon AFS
Pune		 VAPO 10/28
14/32		 1,942 ft. / 592 mts. 18° 34' 55.60" N
73° 55' 10.91" E		 Maharashtra
Nagpur AFS VANP 09/27
14/32		 1,012 ft. /308 mts. 21° 0 5' 31.89" N
79° 02' 49-86" E		 Maharashtra
Nal-Bikaner AFS VIBK 05/23 750 ft. / 229 mts. 28° 04' 21.18" N
73° 12' 24.53" E		 Rajasthan
Naliya AFS - 06/24 68 ft. /21 mts. 23° 13' 12.00"N
68° 54' 0.00" E		 Gujarat
Ojhar AFS
Nasik		 VAOZ 08/26 1,900 ft. / 579 mts. 20° 07' 14.23" N
73° 54' 47.47"E		 Maharashtra
Phalodi AFS
Suratgarh		 - 05/23 700 ft. / 213 mts. 29° 23' 15.99" N
73° 54' 14.12" E		 Rajasthan
Uttarlai AFS VIUT 02/20 500 ft. / 152 mts. 25° 48' 46.78" N
71° 28' 56.23" E		 Rajasthan

Peer Review

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List of Indian Air Force Bases

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I just added this list to MILHIST. I'd like to know how it can be improved, in any and all respects. Specifically, I'd like an opinion on what information can be added, and any way to improve the page itself, in terms of syntax. Thanks. T/@ Sniperz11 editssign 01:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Buckshot06

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First and most important thing you could do is add some sources. Is this from official data? Spotters? Bloggers? Be good to make that clear. Buckshot06 (talk) 03:01, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Roger Davies

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Very promising indeed though I agree entirely with Buckshot about sources as the first step.

Other thoughts? Some pictures would be good. Perhaps as a gallery? I think a wikilinked paragraph describing each of the air commands would be good. The states should be wikilinked.

The list would probably be more useful as one single sortable list. This has many advantages over the current lists. You can sort by base name, command, state etc. It's much easier to find a base in sorting a single 60-base list alphabetically than by going through five separate lists. If you wanted to sort by Lat/Lon, you could do that too. I've dummied this up quickly with a couple of bases from each of your sub-lists with background colours for each command: the colour choice could be improved considerably (a comprehensive colour list is here). There's also a neat template {{coord}} which links to maps: I've done the first couple as examples.

All this, by the way, is far less work than it seems :)) --ROGER DAVIES talk


Base Command ICAO Runway Elevation Lat/Lon State
Adampur AFS WAC VIAX 13/31 775 ft. / 236 mts 39°25′59.35″N 75°45′38.85″E / 39.4331528°N 75.7607917°E / 39.4331528; 75.7607917 (Adampur AFS) Punjab
Ambala AFS WAC VIAM 12L/30R
12R/30L		 900 ft. / 274 mts. 30°22′07.16″N 76°48′54.21″E / 30.3686556°N 76.8150583°E / 30.3686556; 76.8150583 (Ambala AFS) Haryana
Amritsar AFS WAC VIAR 16/34 755 ft. / 230 mts. 31° 42' 27.95" N
74° 47' 57.25" E		 Punjab
Agartala AFS EAC VEAT 18/36 48 ft. / 14 mts. 23° 53' 20.90" N
91° 14' 27.90" E		 Tripura
Baghdogra AFS EAC VEBD 18/36 412 ft. / 125 mts. 26° 40' 53.26" N
88° 19' 41.21" E		 West Bengal
Barapani AFS
Shillong		 EAC VEBI 04/22 2910 ft. / 886 mts. 25° 42' 06.10" N
91° 58' 41.45" E		 Meghalaya
Agra AFS CAC VIAG 05/23
12/30		 551 ft. 167 mts. 27° 09' 20.99" N
077° 57' 39.21" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Bakshi Ka Talab AFS
near Lucknow		 CAC VIBL 09/27 385 ft./ 117 mts. 26° 59' 18.40" N
80° 53' 35.10" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Bamrauli AFS
Allahabad		 CAC VIAL 06/24
12/30		 322 ft./ 98 mts. 25° 26' 20.99" N
81° 44' 03.00" E		 Uttar Pradesh
Begumpet AFS
Hyderabad		 SAC VOHY 09/27
14/32		 1,741 ft. /531 mts. 17° 27' 08.70" N
78° 27' 40.00" E		 Andhra Pradesh
Bidar AFS SAC VOBR 02/20
08/26		 2,178 ft. /663 mts. 17° 54' 28.41" N
77° 29' 09.03" E		 Karnataka
Car Nicobar AFS SAC VOCX 02/20 42 ft.s / 13 mts. 09° 09' 11.51" N
92° 49' 09.81" E		 Nicobar Islands
Bhuj AFS SWAC VABJ 05/23 268 ft./82 mts. 23° 17' 16.18" N
69° 40' 12.53" E		 Gujarat
Gandhinagar AFS
Ahmedabad		 SWAC VAAH 10/28
14/32		 189 ft. 58 mts. 23° 04' 29.05" N
72° 37' 54.30" E		 Gujarat
Jaisalmer AFS SWAC VIJR 04/22 887 ft. / 270 mts. 26° 53' 21.83" N
70° 51' 52.87" E		 Rajasthan

Askari Mark

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Some additional comments to those points already made:

I like Roger’s suggestion of a sortable list. Although a list, it would seriously benefit from a graphic (map) for each Air Command. Intro should start with a statement about the subject of the list, which is airbases, not commands. The Intl. Air Command would actually be an eighth command – on top of the five listed and the other two which are implied to not have an airbase of their own (which fact should be made explicit). Since lists are more for navigational purposes, it might be a good idea to expand the tables to include the flying units currently based there.

Considering the small number of IN airbases, it might be a good idea to refocus this list on Indian military airbases, thereby capturing all of them in one list. Consideration should also be given to a section including no longer active airbases. (I would not necessarily encourage including former units for these, since the squadrons have often moved around.) Askari Mark (Talk) 18:47, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

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Adampur
 
Ambala
 
Amritsar
 
Awantipur
 
Bhatinda
 
Chandigarh
 
Halwara
 
Hindon
 
Leh
 
Palam, Delhi
 
Pathankot
 
Sarsawa
 
Siachen
 
Sirsa
 
Srinagar
 
Udhampur
 
Agartala
 
Baghdogra
 
Barapani, Shillong
 
Barrackpore
 
Chabua, Dibrugarh
 
Dum Dum, Kolkata
 
Hasimara
 
Jorhat
 
Kalaikunda
 
Tawang
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Adampur
 
Ambala
 
Amritsar
 
Awantipur
 
Bhatinda
 
Chandigarh
 
Halwara
 
Hindon
 
Leh
 
Palam, Delhi
 
Pathankot
 
Sarsawa
 
Siachen
 
Sirsa
 
Srinagar
 
Udhampur
 
Agartala
 
Baghdogra
 
Barapani, Shillong
 
Barrackpore
 
Chabua, Dibrugarh
 
Dum Dum, Kolkata
 
Hasimara
 
Jorhat
 
Kalaikunda
 
Kumbhigram, Silchar
 
Mohanbari, Dibrugarh
 
Mountain Shadow, Guwahati
 
Tawang
 
Tezpur
 
Panagarh
 
Panagarh
 
Panagarh
 
Panagarh
 
Panagarh
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Location of Indian Air Force Air Bases: Western Air Command - WAC (green), Central Air Command - CAC (black), Eastern Air Command - EAC (red), South Western Air Command - SWAC (orange) and Southern Air Command - SAC (purple). Indian Naval Air Stations are shown in Blue.
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