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List of Indian Air Force Bases
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To Do:

- Referencing
- Sortable Table
- Coordinate links
- Map
- Gallery of pictures
- Paragraph of text.
- Naval Air Stations

Links

- http://www.scramble.nl/in.htm
- http://orbat.com/site/maps/maps.html
- http://orbat.com/site/maps/map_files/india_navybases.gif
- indianairforce.nic.in

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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

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

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

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

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

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

List of Indian Air Force Bases

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 _edits^sign 01:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Buckshot06

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

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

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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Chennai

Delhi

Guwahati

Kanpur

Kharagpur

Mumbai

Roorkee

Bhubaneshwar

Gandhinagar

Hyderabad

Indore

Jaipur

Mandi

Patna

Rupnagar

Varanasi

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Location of the IITs: existing ones (green), new ones functioning from temporary campuses (blue) and proposed ones (red)

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AFS Locations

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All

_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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Location of WAC Air Bases

_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

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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.

Air Command Links