Tezpur Airport

Tezpur Air Force Station
तेजपुर सैनिक हवाईअड्डा

IATA: TEZ – ICAO: VETZ

Summary

Airport type

Military/Public

Owner

Airports Authority of India

Operator

Indian Air Force

Location

Tezpur, Assam

Elevation AMSL

240 ft / 73 m

Coordinates

26°42′44″N 092°47′14″E / 26.71222°N 92.78722°ECoordinates: 26°42′44″N 092°47′14″E / 26.71222°N 92.78722°E

Map

Tezpur Airport

Location of Tezpur Airport, India

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
05/23	9,010	2,746	Asphalt

Tezpur Airport (IATA: TEZ, ICAO: VETZ) is located in Tezpur in the state of Assam, India. It is also known as Salonibari Airport based on the village/township of Salonibari where it is located.^[1]

History

The airfield in Tezpur was constructed by the British Royal Indian Air Force during World War II in 1942. It was used by the United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force as a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber base by the 7th Bombardment Group. After the war, it was subsequently developed into a full-fledged air force base in 1959. Since its inception, it has been one of the most active bases in the Northeast of India with a variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft operating from there.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air India Regional	Kolkata, Silchar

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

↑ "Salonibari Airport". world-airport-codes.com. Retrieved 4 July 2007.

External links

Tezpur Airport at the AAI
Airport information for VETZ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
Airport information for TEZ at Great Circle Mapper.

Airports in India

International

Central India	Gaya¹ Lucknow Patna¹ Ranchi¹ Varanasi

Eastern India	Bhubaneswar Guwahati Imphal Kolkata Siliguri¹

Northern India	Amritsar Chandigarh¹ Delhi Jaipur Srinagar

Southern India	Bangalore Chennai Coimbatore Hyderabad Kochi Kozhikode Madurai¹ Mangalore Port Blair Tiruchirappalli Thiruvananthapuram Visakhapatnam¹

Western India	Ahmedabad Goa Mumbai Nagpur Pune¹

^1 Designated as a "restricted international airport" (customs airport); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports

Domestic

Central India

Bihar	Muzaffarpur Purnea Raxaul

Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur Jagdalpur Raipur

Jharkhand	Bokaro Chakulia Dhanbad Jamshedpur

Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Khajuraho Panna Satna

Uttar Pradesh	Agra Akbarpur Airstrip Allahabad Aligarh Azamgarh Bareilly Faizabad Ghazipur Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Kanpur Civil Kanpur IIT Kushinagar Lalitpur Meerut Moradabad Muirpur Rae Bareli Shravasti

Eastern India

Arunachal Pradesh	Along Daporijo Pasighat Tezu Zero

Assam	Dhubri Dibrugarh Jorhat North Lakhimpur Silchar Tezpur

Meghalaya	Shillong Tura

Mizoram	Aizawl

Nagaland	Dimapur

Odisha	Angul Barbil Brahmapur Bhubaneswar Cuttack Sambalpur Jajpur Jeypore Jharsuguda Kendujhar Lanjigarh Phulbani Rourkela Nuapada Balangir Bhawanipatna

Sikkim	Gangtok

Tripura	Agartala Kailashahar Kamalpur Khowai

West Bengal	Balurghat Behala Cooch Behar Asansol-Durgapur Malda

Northern India

Chandigarh	Chandigarh

Haryana	Bhiwani Hisar Kalka Karnal

Himachal Pradesh	Dharamsala Kulu Shimla

Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu Kargil Leh

Punjab	Ludhiana Pathankot

Rajasthan	Bikaner Jaisalmer Jodhpur Kishangarh Kota Udaipur

Uttarakhand	Dehradun Pantnagar Chinyalisaur Pithoragarh

Southern India

Andhra Pradesh	Cuddapah Puttaparthi Rajahmundry Tirupati Vijayawada

Karnataka	Belgaum Bellary Bijapur Gulbarga Hassan Hubli Karwar Mysore Shimoga Vidyanagar

Lakshadweep	Agatti

Puducherry	Pondicherry

Tamil Nadu	Salem Tuticorin Vellore

Western India

Daman and Diu	Daman Diu

Gujarat	Bhavnagar Bhuj Jamnagar Kandla Keshod Mehsana Palanpur Porbandar Rajkot Surat Vadodara

Maharashtra	Akola Aurangabad Baramati Dhule Hadapsar Jalgaon Karad Kolhapur Latur Mumbai Juhu Nanded Nasik Ozar Osmanabad Ratnagiri Shirdi Solapur Yavatmal Chandrapur

Proposed

International

Central	Jamshedpur Meerut

North	Ajmer Chandigarh Noida Kanpur Mathura

South	Aranmula Chennai Kannur Visakhapatnam

West	Dholera Navi Mumbai Pune Solapur

Domestic

South	Bidar Bijapur Donakonda Karaikal Karwar Nellore Nizamabad Warangal

East	Itanagar

West	Ankleshwar Sindhudurg

North	Adampur

Military

Indian Air Force

Western Air Command	Adampur AFS Ambala AFS Amritsar AFS Awantipur AFS Bathinda AFS Chandigarh AFS Halwara AFS Hindon AFS Leh AFS Palam AFS Pathankot AFS Bathinda AFS Sarsawa AFS Siachen Glacier AFS Sirsa AFS Srinagar AFS Udhampur AFS

Eastern Air Command	Agartala AFS Baghdogra AFS Barapani AFS Barrackpore AFS Chabua AFS Dum Dum AFS Hasimara AFS Jorhat AFS Kalaikunda AFS Kumbhigram AFS Mohanbari AFS Panagarh AFS Tawang AFS Tezpur AFS

Central Air Command	Agra AFS Bihta AFS Darbhanga AFS Bakshi Ka Talab AFS Bamrauli AFS Bareilly AFS Chakeri AFS Gorakhpur AFS Maharajpur AFS

Southern Air Command	Coimbatore AFS Madurai AFS Tambaram AFS Thanjavur AFS

South Western Air Command	Bhuj AFS Jaisalmer AFS Jamnagar AFS Jodhpur AFS Lohegaon AFS Nal-Bikaner AFS Naliya AFS Phalodi AFS Suratgarh AFS Uttarlai AFS Makarpura AFS

Training Command	Begumpet AFS Bidar AFS Dundigal AFS Hakimpet AFS Yelahanka AFS

Maintenance Command	Nagpur AFS Ojhar AFS

Indian Navy

Eastern Naval Command	Visakapatnam INS Dega Arakkonam INS Rajali Uchipuli INS Parundu

Western Naval Command	Dabolim INS Hansa Mumbai INS Shikra

Southern Naval Command	Kochi INS Garuda

Joint

Andaman and Nicobar Command	Car Nicobar AFS Port Blair INS Utkrosh Campbell Bay INS Baaz Diglipur NAS Shibpur NDA Gliderdrome (Training)

State-wise list of airports

Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Telangana Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

USAAF Tenth Air Force in World War II

Airfields

Burma	Bhamo Myitkyina Namponmao Sahmaw Tingkawk Sakan

India	Agartala Asansol Barrackpore Chakulia Chittagong Dinjan Dohazari Dudhkundi Dum Dum Fenny Guskhara Hailakandi Hathazari Kalaikunda Karachi Ledo Nagaghuli Nawadih Pandaveswar Panagarh Piardoba Sookerating Sylhet Tezgaon Tezpur Tulihal

Units

Groups

Air Commando	1st Air Commando 2d Air Commando

Bombardment	7th Bombardment 12th Bombardment 341st Bombardment

Combat Cargo	1st Combat Cargo 3d Combat Cargo 4th Combat Cargo

Fighter	23d Fighter 33d Fighter 51st Fighter 80th Fighter 81st Fighter 311th Fighter

Reconnaissance	8th Reconnaissance

Troop Carrier	443d Troop Carrier

Squadrons

United States Army Air Forces

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