Lengpui Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Lengpui Airport
nativename = Aizawl Airport
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IATA = AJL
ICAO = VEAZ
type = Public
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operator = Airports Authority of India
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city-served = Aizawl
location =
elevation-f = 1,328.4
elevation-m = 405
coordinates = coord|23|44|48|N|092|48|10|E|type:airport
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r1-number = 17/35
r1-length-f = 8,200
r1-length-m = 2,500
r1-surface = Asphalt
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Lengpui Airport airport codes|AJL|VEAZ is an airport in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. The airport is connected by daily flights with Kolkata and Guwahati and three flights a week with Imphal and is located at a distance of 32km from Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram. Lengpui Airport is the first large airport in the country to be built by the State Government and it is the second largest airport in the North-East region. The 2,500 metre runway of the Lengpui airport is unique in that it has many hilly streams running underneath. The airport was constructed at a cost of Rs. 97.92 crore and was completed in a record time of two years and two months. The construction work was started in December 1995 and was completed in February 1998. Before the construction of this airport, Aizawl was convert|130|km|abbr=on|0 from the nearest railway head at Bairabi and convert|205|km|abbr=on|0 from the nearest airport at Silchar.

Airlines and destinations

* Deccan (Kolkata)
* Indian Airlines (Guwahati, Imphal, Kolkata)

References

* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Aizawl-AJL/city.html Aizawl Destinations]
* [http://www.nenanews.com/OT%20Dec22-Jan6,99/oh13.htm Airport Inauguration]