Silchar Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Indian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Air Force, Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Silchar | ||||||||||
| Location | Kumbhirgram, Silchar, Assam, India | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1944 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 352 ft / 107 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°54′47″N 092°58′43″E / 24.91306°N 92.97861°E | ||||||||||
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  IXS Location of airport in Assam  IXS IXS (India) | |||||||||||
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Silchar Airport (IATA: IXS, ICAO: VEKU) is a domestic airport serving Silchar, Assam, India.[4] It is located at Kumbhirgram, on the foothills of the Barail Range, 29 km (18 mi) from the city centre. It was built by the British as RAF Station Kumbhirgram in 1944 and transferred to the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF). It is also a civil enclave airport as it is under the control of Indian Air Force.
It is the fourth-busiest airport of north-east India next to Guwahati, Agartala and Imphal. Passenger traffic in the airport showed a sharp growth of 72.9% in 2017-18, and handled 366,955 passengers. While in 2018-19, the traffic growth was reported 5.4% to 386,665. As of 2023-24 data available with the Airports Authority of India, the airport handled over 412,600 passengers, and is the 45th-busiest airport in India and the 47th-busiest in respect of aircraft movement. The airport is the 46th busiest in cargo transportation, as of 2023-24.[5]
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "AAI Airport's | AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA". www.aai.aero. 26 November 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. pp. 3–4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.