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List of Indian Air Force stations

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The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal.

The Air Force currently has over 60 air stations all over India. These are grouped into seven commands: Western Air Command at New Delhi, Delhi. Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Meghalaya. Central Air Command at Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Southern Air Command at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Training Command at Bengaluru, Karnataka, and Maintenance Command at Nagpur, Maharashtra. The largest airbase is in Hindon, Uttar Pradesh.

Gwalior has the Indian Air Force's elite Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE), a premier unit for advanced fighter pilot training in aerial tactics, comparable to the US Navy's TOPGUN, focusing on operational doctrines and tactics for aircraft.

There are a number of newer air stations being built as well, in line with India's strategic doctrine. The Indian Navy has some separate air stations for its aviation wing.

Western Air Command is the largest Air Command. It operates sixteen air stations from Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and a couple of Air stations in Uttar Pradesh. Eastern Air Command operates fifteen air stations in eastern and north-eastern India. Central Air Command operates two air stations in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and surrounding states of central India. Southern Air Command's tasks include protecting the vital shipping routes. It operates nine air stations in Southern India and two in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. South Western Air Command is the front line of defence against Pakistan. This important command operates twelve air stations in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

List of air stations

Note: Station and unit details are from Scramble.nl (2009) and outdated. Article needs to be revised/updated.

Station	ICAO	Runway	Elevation	Geographical coordinates	State/territory	Wing	Squadrons	Aircraft
Western Air Command
Adampur AFS	VIAX	13/31	775 ft / 236 m		Punjab	8th Wing	No. 47 Squadron	Mikoyan MiG-29
Ambala AFS	VIAM	12L/30R
12R/30L	900 ft / 274 m		Haryana	7 Wing	No. 5 Squadron	SEPECAT Jaguar
Amritsar AFS	VIAR	16/34	755 ft / 230 m		Punjab	1 FBSU	-	-
Awantipur AFS	VIAW	12/30	5,400 ft / 1,646 m		Jammu & Kashmir	8 FBSU	-	-
Bathinda AFS	VIBT	13/31	700 ft /213 m		Punjab	34 Wing	No. 17 Squadron	Dassault Rafale
Chandigarh AFS	VICG	11/29	1,012 ft / 308 m		Chandigarh	12 Wing/3 BRD	No. 44 Squadron	Transport:
Gurugram AFS	Logistics base				Haryana	IFC and IMAC.	-	-
Faridabad AFS	Logistics base				Haryana	54 ASP, 56th Air Storage Park, Guard dog training.	-	-
Halwara AFS	VIHX	13/31	790 ft / 241 m		Punjab	9 Wing,	No. 220 Squadron IAF	Sukhoi Su-30MKI
Hindon AFS	VIDX	09/27	700 ft / 213 m		Uttar Pradesh	28 Wing	No. 77 Squadron	Transport:
Vadsar AFS	AFS	-	-		Gujarat	47 Signal Unit	-	-
Jammu AFS	VIJU	18/36	1029 ft /	32°41′21″N 074°50′15″E	Jammu & Kashmir	23 Wing	No. 153 Helicopter Unit	Helicopters:
Leh AFS	VILH	06/24
07R/25L
07L/25R	10,682 ft/ 3,256 m		Ladakh	21 Wing	No. 114 Helicopter Unit	Mil Mi-17
Mudh-Nyoma AFS			13,700 ft/ 4,200 m		Ladakh
Palam AFS	VIDP	09/27
10/28	776 ft / 237 m		Delhi	3 Wing	No. 41 Squadron	Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Pathankot AFS	VIPK	01/19	1,017 ft / 310 m		Punjab	18 Wing	No. 125 Helicopter Squadron	Helicopters:
Sarsawa AFS	VISP	09/27	891 ft / 272 m		Uttar Pradesh	30 Wing	No. 117 Helicopter Unit	Mil Mi-17
Sirsa AFS	VISX	05/23	650 ft / 198 m		Haryana	45 Wing
Srinagar AFS	VISR	13/31	5,458 ft / 1,664 m		Jammu & Kashmir	1 Wing	No. 223 Squadron	Mikoyan MiG-29
Udhampur AFS	VIUX	18/36	1,950 ft / 594 m		Jammu & Kashmir	HQ AOC J&K	No. 132 Helicopter Flight	HAL Cheetah
Eastern Air Command
Purnea AFS	VEPU	18/36	412 ft / 125 m	25°45′35″N 087°24′36″E	Bihar	14FBSU	-	-
Bagdogra AFS	VEBD	18/36	412 ft / 125 m		West Bengal	20 Wing	No. 156 Helicopter Unit	Mil Mi-17
Barapani AFS	VEBI	04/22	2910 ft / 886 m		Meghalaya
Barrackpore AFS	VEBR	02/20	18 ft / 5 m		West Bengal	6 Wing	No. 157 Helicopter Unit	Mil Mi-17
Chabua AFS	VECA	05/23	350 ft / 107 m		Assam	14 Wing	No. 102 Squadron	Sukhoi Su-30MKI
Hasimara AFS	VEHX	11L/29R
11R/29L	340 ft /104 m		West Bengal	16 Wing	No. 101 Squadron IAF	Dassault Rafale
Jorhat AFS	VEJT	04/22	284 ft / 87 m		Assam	10 Wing	No. 43 Squadron	Antonov An-32
Kalaikunda AFS	VEDX	17/35	200 ft / 60 m		West Bengal	5th Wing(Sqdn18 with MiG27s & OCU with MiG21s)
Kumbhigram AFS	VEKU	06/24	352 ft / 107 m		Assam	22 Wing	No. 110 Helicopter Unit	Mil Mi-8
Mohanbari AFS	VEMN	05/23	361 ft / 110 m		Assam	42 Wing	No. 127 Helicopter Unit	Mil Mi-17
Mountain Shadow AFS	VEGT	05/23	350 ft / 107 m		Assam
Panagarh AFS	VEPH	15/33	240 ft / 73 m		West Bengal	62 SU, 87 Squadron	No. 87 Squadron	C-130J Super Hercules
Salua AFS					West Bengal	Radar station
Tawang AFS	VETW		8,756 ft / 2,669 m		Arunachal Pradesh
Tezpur AFS	VETZ	04/22	240 ft / 73 m		Assam	11 Wing	No. 2 Squadron	Sukhoi Su-30MKI
Central Air Command
Agra AFS	VIAG	05/23
12/30	551 ft 167 m		Uttar Pradesh	4 Wing	No. 12 Squadron	Transport:
Bakshi Ka Talab AFS	VIBL	09/27	385 ft/ 117 m		Uttar Pradesh	AD Flight
Bamrauli AFS	VEAB	06/24
12/30	322 ft/ 98 m		Uttar Pradesh	29 Wing
Bareilly AFS	VIBY	11/29	565 ft/ 172 m		Uttar Pradesh	15 Wing	No. 111 Helicopter Unit	Helicopters:
Bihta AFS		07/25	52 ft 170 m		Bihar
Chakeri AFS	VICX	01/19
09/27	410 ft/124 m		Uttar Pradesh
Darbhanga AFS	VEDH	14/28	21 ft / 38 m		Bihar
Gorakhpur AFS	VEGK	11/29	259 ft / 78 m		Uttar Pradesh	17 Wing	No. 16 Squadron	Combat Jets:
Gwalior AFS	VIGR	06/24	617 ft / 188 m		Madhya Pradesh	40 Wing	No. 1 Squadron
No. 7 Squadron
No. 9 Squadron	Elite Training School:
Southern Air Command
Car Nicobar AFS	VOCX	02/20	42 ft / 13 m		Andaman & Nicobar Islands	37 Wing
Sulur AFS	VOSX	05/23	1,250 ft / 381 m		Tamil Nadu	43 Wing	109 HU	Transport:
Port Blair AFS	VOPB	04/22	16 m /5 m		Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Tambaram AFS	VOTX	05/23
12/30	90 ft / 27 m		Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur AFS	VOTJ	07/25	253 ft / 77 m		Tamil Nadu	47 Wing	No. 222 Squadron	Sukhoi Su-30MKI
South Western Air Command
Suratgarh AFS	VISG	05/23	560 ft / 170 m		Rajasthan	35 Wing	No. 104 Helicopter Squadron	Helicopters:
Bhuj AFS	VABJ	05/23	268 ft / 82 m		Gujarat	27 Wing
Deesa AFS	VADS	06/24	485 ft / 148 m		Gujarat	52 Wing
Jaisalmer AFS	VIJR	04/22	887 ft / 270 m		Rajasthan	41 Wing
Jamnagar AFS	VAJM	06/24
12/30	69 ft / 21 m		Gujarat	33 Wing	No. 6 Squadron
Jodhpur AFS	VIJO	05/23	717 ft / 219 m		Rajasthan	32 Wing	No. 31	Combat Jets :
Lohegaon AFS	VAPO	10/28
14/32	1,942 ft / 592 m		Maharashtra	2 Wing	No. 20 Squadron
Nal-Bikaner AFS	VIBK	05/23	750 ft / 229 m		Rajasthan	46 Wing	No. 3 Squadron	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Naliya AFS	VANY	06/24	68 ft / 21 m		Gujarat	49 Wing	No. 18 Squadron	HAL Tejas
Phalodi AFS		05/23	700 ft / 213 m		Rajasthan	35 Wing	No. 23 Squadron
Uttarlai AFS	VIUT	02/20	500 ft / 152 m		Rajasthan	5 FBSU	No. 4 Squadron
Makarpura AFS	VABO	04/22	127 ft / 38.7 m		Gujarat	36 Wing	No. 11 Squadron
Training Command
Begumpet AFS	VOHY	09/27
14/32	1,741 ft / 531 m		Telangana
	Bidar AFS	VOBR	02/20
08/26	2,178 ft / 663 m		Karnataka
Dundigal AFS	VODG	10L/28R
10R/28L	2,013 ft / 614 m		Telangana
Hakimpet AFS	VOHK	09/27	2,020 ft / 616 m		Telangana
Yelahanka AFS	VOYK	09/27	3,045 ft / 928 m		Karnataka
Admin Training Inst, Sambra, Belgaum			2,500 ft / 762 m		Karnataka
Maintenance Command
Nagpur AFS	VANP	09/27
14/32	1,012 ft /308 m		Maharashtra	44 Wing
Ojhar AFS	VAOZ	08/26	1,900 ft / 579 m		Maharashtra	11 BRD
Chandigarh AFS	VICG	11/29	1,012 ft / 308 m		Chandigarh	12 Wing/3 BRD
Kanpur AFS	VECX	09/27	410 ft / 126 m		Uttar Pradesh	1 BRD/4 BRD
Devlali AFS					Maharashtra	Helicopter Maintenance Unit

The other Air Force stations that come under Maintenance Command are not air stations and are mostly signal units and station repair depots situated in different towns. Delhi, for example, has a few BRDs and SUs that come under Maintenance Command.

List of advance landing grounds

ALG

Along China border

China Chinese Military has an integrated Western Theater Command across the whole LAC with India. The Indian military has divided the LAC into 3 sectors - the western sector across Ladakh and the Chinese-held Aksai Chin, the central sector across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states, and the eastern sector across Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh states. Similarly, Indian Airforce has Delhi-based Western Air Command, Prayagraj-based Central Air Command, and Shillong-based Eastern Air Command to cover the LAC.

Ladakh
- Daulat Beg Oldi ALG serves Trans-Karakoram Tract (Shaksgam), Aksai Chin and Siachen Glacier.
- Kargil Airport ALG
- Fukche ALG serves the Demchok sector.
- Padum ALG Serves Ladakh LAC and Kargil LOC as a second line of defence airport.
- Thoise ALG
- Parma Valley ALG near Chushul (to be reactivated)
Himachal Pradesh shares 250 km border with Tibet (China).
- Shimla Airport, civil airport available for military use. Serves Kaurik, Tashigang-Shipki La and Nelang-Pulam Sumda disputed area.
- Kullu-Manali Airport, civil airport available for military use. Serves Kaurik, Tashigang-Shipki La, and Nelang-Pulam Sumda disputed area.
- Kibber-Rangrik, surveyed as of July 2020, Will be closest ALG to Chumar, Kaurik, and Tashigang-Shipki La disputed area.
Uttarakhand has 350 km border with Tibet.
- Chinyalisaur Airport ALG serves disputed Barahoti and Nelang-Pulam Sumda sector. ITBP has 42 BoPs (border outposts) in Barahoti sector and Mana Pass area (Nelang-Pulam Sumda sector).
- Pithoragarh Airport ALG serves the disputed Kalapani territory.
- Gauchar Airport ALG.
Sikkim
- Pakyong Airport AGL serves Doklam disputed area.
Arunachal Pradesh
- Aalo ALG, formerly Along.
- Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground.
- Pasighat ALG
- Tawang Air Force Station
- Tuting ALG
- Vijoynagar ALG
- Walong Advanced Landing Ground.
- Ziro ALG
- Daporijo ALG.
- Alinye ALG, Dibang Valley District.
  - To be reactivated as of September 2025. The airstrip was utilised by the United States Air Force as a staging ground during The Hump airlift campaign of the World War II. Following the Indian Independence, the strip was converted into mud-paved runway. However, the plans to revive the facility never went through and has not seen combat service since 1947.
- Hayuliang ALG, Anjaw District.

Along Pakistan border

Ladakh
- Thoise ALG

List of road runways

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