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Purnea Airport

Indian Air Force MI-17 V5 Medium Lift Helicopter on standby at Air Force Station Purnea
  • IATA: none
  • ICAO: VEPU
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorIndian Air Force
LocationChunapur, Purnia
CommanderLAC Smart
Elevation AMSL39 m / 129 ft
Coordinates25°45′35″N 087°24′36″E / 25.75972°N 87.41000°E / 25.75972; 87.41000
Map
VEPU is located in Bihar
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VEPU
Location in Bihar
VEPU is located in India
VEPU
VEPU
Location in India
VEPU is located in Asia
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Location in Asia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 11,000 3,352 Concrete

Airforce Station Purnea (ICAO: VEPU) is located in Purnia in the state of Bihar, India. This is a base of Indian Air Force. This airport was built for supplies[1] to Indian Army in Sino-Indian War. This airbase is used as a backup in the region of North East Corridor.

  1. ^ Piyush Tripathi (18 November 2016). "Indian Air Force: AAI, IAF joint team to visit Purnia airbase | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

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