List of Indian Air Force bases

The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each Command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal.

The Air Force currently has over 60 air bases all over India. These are grouped into 7 commands viz. Western Air Command at Delhi, Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Central Air Command at Allahabad, Southern Air Command at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar, formerly at Jodhpur, Training Command at Bangalore and Maintenance Command at Nagpur.

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 operates only one air base currently, which is the Farkhor Air Base, in Tajikistan.^[1]

Western Air Command is the largest Air Command. It operates sixteen air bases from Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and a couple of Air Bases in Uttar Pradesh. Eastern Air Command operates fifteen Air bases in Eastern and North-eastern India. Central Air Command operates seven Air Bases in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and surrounding states of central India. Southern Air Command's tasks include protecting the vital shipping routes. It operates nine air bases in Southern India and two in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. South Western Air Command is the front line of defence against Pakistan, this important Command operates twelve air bases in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

List of air stations

Unit details are from Scramble.nl^[2]

Base	ICAO	Runway	Elevation	Geographical coordinates	State/Territory	Units
Western Air Command
Adampur AFS	VIAX	13/31	775 ft / 236 m	31°26′N 75°43′E / 31.43°N 75.72°E	Punjab	8 Wing, 47 Squadron, 223 Squadron
Ambala AFS	VIAM	12L/30R 12R/30L	900 ft / 274 m	30°22′14″N 76°49′4″E / 30.37056°N 76.81778°E	Haryana	7 Wing, No. 3 Squadron, 5 Squadron and 11 Squadron, 14Sqn Missile and UAV Squadron 2209 & Squadron 2251S
Amritsar AFS	VIAR	16/34	755 ft / 230 m	31°42′28″N 74°47′57″E / 31.70778°N 74.79917°E	Punjab	1 FBSU
Awantipur AFS	VIAW	12/30	5,400 ft / 1,646 m	33°55′N 75°01′E / 33.92°N 75.02°E	Jammu & Kashmir	8 FBSU
Bathinda AFS	VIBT	13/31	700 ft /213 m	30°13′48″N 74°57′07″E / 30.23000°N 74.95194°E	Punjab	34 Wing, No. 17 Squadron
Chandigarh AFS	VICG	11/29	1,012 ft / 308 m		Chandigarh	12 Wing, 25, 48 Squadrons
Halwara AFS	VIHX	13/31	790 ft / 241 m		Punjab	9 Wing,
Hindon AFS	VIDX	09/27	700 ft / 213 m		Uttar Pradesh	28 Wing, 77 Squadron, 131 FAC Flight, 181 Flight
Leh AFS	VILH	06/24 07R/25L 07L/25R	10,682 ft/ 3,256 m		Jammu & Kashmir	21 Wing, AF
Palam AFS	VIDP	09/27 10/28	776 ft / 237 mts		Delhi	3 Wing
Pathankot AFS	VIPK	01/19	1,017 ft / 310 m		Punjab	18 Wing, 26, 108 Squadrons
Sarsawa AFS	VISP	09/27	891 ft / 272 m		Uttar Pradesh	30 Wing, 117 HU, 152 HU (Mi-17)
Siachen Glacier AFS					Jammu & Kashmir
Sirsa AFS	VISA	05/23	650 ft / 198 m	29°33′46″N 75°00′19″E / 29.56278°N 75.00528°E	Haryana	45 Wing, 21 Squadron
Srinagar AFS	VISR	13/31	5,458 ft / 1,664 m		Jammu & Kashmir	1 Wing, 51 Squadron
Udhampur AFS	VIUX	18/36	1,950 ft / 594 m		Jammu & Kashmir	HQ AOC J&K, IAF, 39 Wing, 132 FAC Flight, 152 HU
Eastern Air Command
Agartala AFS	VEAT	18/36	48 ft / 14 m		Tripura
Bagdogra AFS	VEBD	18/36	412 ft / 125 m		West Bengal	20 Wing
Barapani AFS Shillong	VEBI	04/22	2910 ft / 886 m		Meghalaya
Barrackpore AFS	VEBR	02/20	18 ft / 5 m		West Bengal	6 Wing
Chabua AFS Dibrugarh	VECA	05/23	350 ft / 107 m		Assam	14 Wing
Dum Dum AFS Kolkata	VECC	01L/19R 01R/19L	17 ft / 5 m		West Bengal
Hasimara AFS Jalpaiguri		11L/29R 11R/29L	340 ft /104 m		West Bengal	16 Wing, 22 Squadron, 222 Squadron, (both with MIG-27), 791 SU.
Jorhat AFS	VEJT	04/22	284 ft / 87 m		Assam	10 Wing
Kalaikunda AFS		17/35	200 ft / 60 m		West Bengal	5th Wing(Sqdn18 with MiG27s & OCU with MiG21s)
Kumbhigram AFS Silchar	VEKU	06/24	352 ft / 107 m		Assam	22 Wing
Mohanbari AFS Dibrugarh	VEMN	05/23	361 ft / 110 m		Assam	42 Wing
Mountain Shadow AFS Guwahati	VEGT	05/23	350 ft / 107 m		Assam
Tawang AFS			8,756 ft / 2,669 m		Arunachal Pradesh
Tezpur AFS	VETZ	04/22	240 ft / 73 m		Assam	11 Wing
Panagarh AFS	VEPH	15/33	240 ft / 73 m		West Bengal	62 SU
Central Air Command
Agra AFS	VIAG	05/23 12/30	551 ft 167 m		Uttar Pradesh	4 Wing
Bihta AFS		07/25	52 ft 170 m		Bihar
Darbhanga AFS	VEDB	14/28	21 ft / 38 m		Bihar
Bakshi Ka Talab AFS Bakshi Ka Talab, near Lucknow	VIBL	09/27	385 ft/ 117 m		Uttar Pradesh
Bamrauli AFS Allahabad	VEAB	06/24 12/30	322 ft/ 98 m		Uttar Pradesh	29 Wing
Bareilly AFS	VIBY	11/29	565 ft/ 172 m		Uttar Pradesh	15 Wing
Chakeri AFS Kanpur	VICX	01/19 09/27	410 ft/124 m		Uttar Pradesh
Gorakhpur AFS	VEGK	11/29	259 ft / 78 m		Uttar Pradesh	17 Wing
Maharajpur AFS Gwalior	VIGR	06/24	617 ft / 188 m		Madhya Pradesh	40 Wing
Southern Air Command
Car Nicobar AFS	VOCX	02/20	42 ft / 13 m		Andaman & Nicobar Islands	37 Wing
Coimbatore AFS	VOSX	05/23	1,319 ft / 402 m	11°00′49″N 077°09′35″E / 11.01361°N 77.15972°E	Tamil Nadu	43 Wing
Madurai AFS	VOMD	09/27	461 ft / 141 m		Tamil Nadu
Port Blair AFS	VOPB	04/22	16 m /5 m		Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Tambaram AFS	VOTX	05/23 12/30	90 ft / 27 m		Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur AFS (Tanjore AFS)	VOTJ	253 ft / 77 m	07/25	10°43′20″N 079°06′05″E / 10.72222°N 79.10139°E	Tamil Nadu	47 Wing
South Western Air Command
Bhuj AFS	VABJ	05/23	268 ft / 82 m	23°17′16″N 69°40′12″E / 23.28778°N 69.67000°E	Gujarat	No. 27 Wing AF, No. 15 Squadron IAF
Jaisalmer AFS	VIJR	04/22	887 ft / 270 m	26°53′21″N 70°51′52″E / 26.88917°N 70.86444°E	Rajasthan	41 Wing
Jamnagar AFS	VAJM	06/24 12/30	69 ft / 21 m	22°27′59″N 70°00′41″E / 22.46639°N 70.01139°E	Gujarat	No. 33 Wing AF, No. 6 Squadron IAF, No. 28 Squadron IAF
Jodhpur AFS	VIJO	05/23	717 ft / 219 m	26°15′05″N 73°02′53″E / 26.25139°N 73.04806°E	Rajasthan	No. 32 Wing AF, 10, 29, 32, 37 Squadrons
Lohegaon AFS Pune	VAPO	10/28 14/32	1,942 ft / 592 m	18°34′55″N 73°55′10″E / 18.58194°N 73.91944°E	Maharashtra	No. 2 Wing AF, 20, 30 Squadrons
Nal-Bikaner AFS	VIBK	05/23	750 ft / 229 m	28°04′21″N 73°12′24″E / 28.07250°N 73.20667°E	Rajasthan	46 Wing
Naliya AFS		06/24	68 ft / 21 m	23°13′12″N 68°54′00″E / 23.22000°N 68.90000°E	Gujarat
Phalodi AFS		05/23	700 ft / 213 m	27°06′46″N 72°23′20″E / 27.11278°N 72.38889°E	Rajasthan	No. 35 Wing AF, No. 23 Squadron IAF, 104 HU
Uttarlai AFS	VIUT	02/20	500 ft / 152 m	25°48′46″N 71°28′56″E / 25.81278°N 71.48222°E	Rajasthan	5 FBSU, No. 4 Squadron IAF
Makarpura AFS	VABO	04/22	127 ft / 38.7 m	22°19′46″N 73°13′10″E / 22.32944°N 73.21944°E	Gujarat	36 Wing, 11 Squadron, 25 Squadron[3]
Training Command
Begumpet AFS Hyderabad	VOHY	09/27 14/32	1,741 ft / 531 m	17°27′08″N 78°27′40″E / 17.45222°N 78.46111°E	Telangana
Bidar AFS	VOBR	02/20 08/26	2,178 ft / 663 m	17°54′28″N 77°29′09″E / 17.90778°N 77.48583°E	Karnataka
Dundigal AFS	VODG	10L/28R 10R/28L	2,013 ft / 614 m	17°37′45″N 78°24′12″E / 17.62917°N 78.40333°E	Telangana
Hakimpet AFS Hyderabad	VOHK	09/27	2,020 ft / 616 m	17°33′12″N 78°31′29″E / 17.55333°N 78.52472°E	Telangana
Yelahanka Air Force Station	VOYK	09/27	3,045 ft / 928 m	13°08′09″N 77°36′20″E / 13.13583°N 77.60556°E	Karnataka
Admin Training Inst, Sambra, Belgaum			2,500 ft / 762 m	15°51′00″N 74°30′00″E / 15.85000°N 74.50000°E	Karnataka
Maintenance Command
Nagpur Air Force Station	VANP	09/27 14/32	1,012 ft /308 m	21°05′31″N 79°02′49″E / 21.09194°N 79.04694°E	Maharashtra	44 Wing
Ojhar AFS Nasik	VAOZ	08/26	1,900 ft / 579 m		Maharashtra	11 BRD

The other Air Force Stations that come under Maintenance Command are not air bases and are mostly Signal Units and Base Repair Depots situated in different towns. Delhi, for example, has a few BRDs and SUs that come under Maintenance Command.

List of advance landing grounds

• Daulat Beg Oldi ALG, Ladakh
• Chushul ALG, Ladakh
• Fukche ALG, Ladakh
• Nyoma ALG, Ladakh
• Thoise ALG, Ladakh
• Dharasu ALG, Uttrakhand
• Vijaynagar ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
• Pasighat ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
• Mechuka ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
• Walong ALG,^[4] Arunachal Pradesh
• Tuting ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
• Ziro ALG,^[5] Arunachal Pradesh
• Along ALG,^[5] Arunachal Pradesh
• Tawang ALG, Arunachal Pradesh

References

1. "Making the water boil in Afghanistan". The Hindu. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
2. Scramble.nl, Indian Air Force Order of Battle, accessed October 2011
3. "Himalayan Eagles land in Vadodara". newKerela.com. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
4. "Walong landing ground in Arunachal Pradesh ready for operations".
5. "Upgraded Advanced Landing Grounds at Ziro and Along Inaugurated". Retrieved 2016-03-13.

External links

• List of Indian Air Force Stations at GlobalSecurity.org