The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh currently has four operational airports. The state also has a number of military airbases and airstrips that are used by the Indian Air Force. The state of Arunachal Pradesh received its first flight in 2018 when Alliance Air's first flight landed at Pasighat Airport from Guwahati. The second airport to get operationalised was Tezu Airport.
The proposed Itanagar Airport at Itanagar was scheduled to be inaugurated in October 2022 for commercial operations. There are plans to develop an airport at Tawang to increase tourism and increase security. Upgradation of existing airstrips under the Government of India's UDAN scheme is also proposed to increase tourism in Arunachal Pradesh and develop the state.
List The list includes the airports in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh with their respective ICAO and IATA codes.
+List of airports in Arunachal Pradesh Sl. no. Location Airport name ICAO IATA Operator Category Role 1 AaloAlong AirportVEANIXVIndian Air ForceMilitary airportDefence 2 DaporijoDaporijo AirportVEDZDEPIndian Air ForceMilitary airportDefence 3 ItanagarItanagar AirportVEHOHGIAirports Authority of IndiaDomestic airportCommercial 4 MechukaMechuka ALGVEMKnoneIndian Air ForceMilitary airportDefence 5 PasighatPasighat AirportVEPGIXTAirports Authority of IndiaDomestic airportCommercial/defence 6 TawangTawang AFSnonenoneIndian Air ForceMilitary airportDefence 7 TezuTezu AirportVETJTEIAirports Authority of IndiaDomestic airportCommercial 8 TutingTuting ALGVETUnoneIndian Air ForceMilitary airportDefence 9 VijaynagarVijaynagar ALGnonenoneIndian Air ForceMilitary airportDefence 10 WalongWalong ALGVEWLnoneIndian Air ForceMilitary airportDefence 11 ZiroZero AirportVEZOZERAirports Authority of IndiaDomestic airportCommercial/defence
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