Yelahanka Air Force Station
IATA:none ICAO:VOYK
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Indian Air Force
Operator	Indian Air Force
Location	Yelahanka,Bengaluru,Karnataka
Elevation AMSL	2,912 ft / 888 m
Coordinates	13°08′09″N77°36′27″E / 13.13583°N 77.60750°E /13.13583; 77.60750
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,004 9,858 Asphalt

TheYelahanka Air Force Station is anIndian Air Force airfield inYelahanka,Bengaluru. The main role of this airfield is to train pilots to fly transport planes.^[1] This station also conducts type-conversion ofnavigators on theAntonov An-32.^[2]

The station undertakeslogistics support tasks allotted by Air HQs and HQ TC.^[3] Every two odd years,Aero India, a biennial air show takes place at Yelahanka air force station.^[4][5] Since 2013, Mi-8, An-32 and Dornier planes are positioned at AFS Yelahanka.^[6][7] It had formerly hosted aHAL Tejas aircraft squadron, before it was moved toSulur Airforce Station. It is 22 km fromBengaluru city railway station.

The site was formerly (British) Royal Air Force Yelahanka (RAF Yelahanka), the following units were here at some point:

• List of Indian Air Force Bases

• Jefford, C.G. (1988).RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912.Shrewsbury: Airlife.ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• Lake, A (1999).Flying units of the RAF.Shrewsbury: Airlife.ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

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