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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Udhampur,Jammu and Kashmir | ||||||||||
| Location | Udhampur,Jammu and Kashmir | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,066 ft / 630 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°54′07″N075°09′22″E / 32.90194°N 75.15611°E /32.90194; 75.15611 | ||||||||||
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| Source: Indian AIP[1] | |||||||||||
Udhampur Air Force Station (ICAO:VIUM)[1] of theIndian Air Force (IAF) is located inUdhampur inJammu and Kashmir,India. The location is also the headquarters ofIndian Army'sNorthern Command.
It is home toNo. 153 Helicopter Unit of theIndian Air Force. While assigned to the unit,Gunjan Saxena became the first female officer of the IAF to fly in theKargil War.
The airport is situated at an elevation of 2,066 ft/630 m above mean sea level. It has one runway with concrete surfaces: 18/36 measuring 9000 by 148 feet (2,743 x 45 m).
A civil aviation enclave is being developed on this Airforce Stations in two phases, phase-1 entailing civil flight operations from existing AFS facilities on 2,200 square metres land for new civil aviation terminal which will handle 150 passengers andATR 72 orQ400 smaller aircraft, and phase-2 will entail a new civil aviation enclave outside the AFS by acquiring 27.6 acres land for new terminal building, apron and taxiway capable of handlingAirbus A321 type larger aircraft.AAI had compled the site feasibility study in 2o25.[2]
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