INS Garuda

INS Garuda
Summary
Airport typeNaval Air Station
OperatorIndian Navy
LocationWillingdon Island, Kochi, India
Elevation AMSL2 m / 8 ft
Coordinates9°56′28″N 76°16′30″E / 9.941°N 76.275°E / 9.941; 76.275
Websitehttp://indiannavy.nic.in/INS_Garuda.html
Map
VOCC is located in Kerala
VOCC
VOCC
VOCC is located in India
VOCC
VOCC
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 1,414 4,680 Asphalt
17/35 1,817 5,960 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

INS Garuda (ICAO: VOCC), is an Indian naval air station located in Kochi, in the state of Kerala.[3] Commissioned on 11 May 1953, it is the oldest operating air station of the Indian Navy.

The air station is adjacent to INS Venduruthy and the headquarters of Southern Naval Command. INS Garuda is a major naval air training centre as well as an operational base.

  1. ^ Airport information for VOCC[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for TJV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ "Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.