Daporijo Airport

Daporijo Airport

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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorIndian Air Force
LocationDaporijo, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Elevation AMSL229 m / 750 ft
Coordinates27°59′00″N 094°13′00″E / 27.98333°N 94.21667°E / 27.98333; 94.21667
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DEP is located in Arunachal Pradesh
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DEP is located in India
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 924 3,030 N/A

Daporijo Airport (IATA: DEP, ICAO: VEDZ) is located at Daporijo in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Daporijo used to have scheduled services in the 1980s and early 1990s from Vayudoot. The airport had flights to Guwahati and Dibrugarh on Dornier 228 aircraft. Currently, there is no scheduled commercial air service to the airport, although the airport is used by the Indian Army. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to develop the airport for operation of ATR-42/ATR-72 type of aircraft.[1]

  1. ^ http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=95050 Better Air Connectivity for NE Region