List of airports in West Bengal

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:

• City served - The city generally associated with the airport. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve.
• ICAO - The location indicator assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
• IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
• Airport name - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
• Note - Specific information related to the airport

Airports

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

Subhas Chandra Bose arrives on a KLM flight at the airport which was later named after him.

40th BG B-29 42-6310 taking off from Chakulia Airfield, India, June, 1944

City served	ICAO	IATA	Airport name	Note
			International Airports
Kolkata (Calcutta)	VECC	CCU	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport	Also a military enclave for Dum Dum Air Force Station
			Domestic Airports
Balurghat	VEBG	RGH	Balurghat Airport	Non Operational Airport
Cooch Behar	VECO	COH	Cooch Behar Airport	Chartered flights only
Kolkata	VEBA		Behala Airport	Behala Flying Club
Malda	VEMH	LDA	Malda Airport	under construction
			Civil enclave
Siliguri	VEBD	IXB	Bagdogra Airport	Also known as Bagdogra Air Force Station
			Private Airstrips
Asansol-Durgapur	VEDG	RDP	Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport	India's first Aerotropolis and first privately managed airport, located in Andal (a sub-div of Durgapur) developed by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited. West Bengal's second largest airport. Has night landing facility.
Burnpur, Asansol	VE23		Burnpur airport	IISCO's private airstrip
Durgapur	VEDG		Durgapur Steel Plant/SAIL Airstrip
			Military Airbases
Barrackpore	VEBR		Barrackpore Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Hasimara / Jalpaiguri	VEHX		Hashimara Air Base	Indian Air Force
Kalaikunda	VEDX		Kalaikunda Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Panagarh	VEPH		Panagarh Air Force Station	Indian Air Force
Salua			Salua Air Base	Indian Air Force
			Closed Airstrips/Runways
Asansol			RAF Asansol	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Hijli			Hijli Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Chakulia			Chakulia Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Piardoba			Piardoba Airfield	WWII USAAF Airstrip
Dhubulia			Dhubulia Airstrip	No. 99 Squadron RAF during WWII
Garhbeta			Digri Airfield	World War II RAF 159 Squadron
Guskara			Guskhara Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Jhargram			Dudhkundi Airfield	World War II USAAF 444th Bombardment Group
Kanchrapara			Kanchrapara Airfield / (RAF Kanchrapara)	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Pandaveswar			Pandaveswar Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Purulia			Charra Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Salboni			Salboni Airfield	World War II USAAF Airstrip
Tarakeswar	VETK		Non-directional beacon TK 390 kHz

See also

• West Bengal
• List of Indian Air Force bases
• List of airports in India
• List of airports in the Kolkata metropolitan area
• List of airports by ICAO code: V#VA VE VI VO - India
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#India

References

• Airports Authority of India website: AirportsIndia.org.in or AAI.aero
• - includes IATA codes
• Great Circle Mapper - IATA and ICAO codes
• List of Indian Air Force Stations at GlobalSecurity.org
• [1]-AAI NOTAM summary January 2013
• [2] - Old airfields of Midnapore