Ambala Air Force Station

Ambala Vayu Sena Chhawnil
अंबाला वायु सेना छावनी

IATA: none
ICAO: VIAM^[1]
GPS: VIAM^[1]

Summary

Airport type

Military

Owner

Operator

Serves

Location

Occupants

No. 21 Squadron IAF
No. 5 Squadron IAF
Unit canteen

Time zone

IST (UTC+05:30)

Elevation AMSL

275.2 m / 900 ft

Coordinates

29°33′42″N 75°00′21″E / 29.56167°N 75.00583°E

Map

VIAM

VIAM

VIAM

Location of airport in India

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
30/12			Concrete / Asphalt

Statistics (2017)

Hub for the number of airlines	0
Number of scheduled airlines flying in	0
Number of scheduled weekly flights	0
Number of scheduled flight passengers	0

The Ambala Air Force Station is an air base east of the urban Ambala area. It is used for military and government flights. It is also used to fly in politicians and other key people.

History

This air base was first built in 1948 following the independence of India. It is also the home to the SEPECAT Jaguar of No. 5 Squadron IAF and No. 21 Squadron IAF, and aging MiG-21bis of No. 21 Squadron IAF.

In 1948, a Flying Instruction School (FIS) was formed here. In 1954, FIS Ambala was moved to Tambaram near Chennai in Tamil Nadu, at Tambaram Air Force Station.

References

1 2 World Airport Codes.

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International

Central India	Lucknow Varanasi
Eastern India	Bagdogra Bhubaneswar Gaya Kolkata Patna¹
Northeastern India	Guwahati Imphal
Northern India	Amritsar Chandigarh¹ Delhi Jaipur Srinagar
Southern India	Bangalore Chennai Coimbatore Hyderabad Vijayawada Kochi Kozhikode Madurai¹ Mangalore Port Blair Tiruchirappalli Thiruvananthapuram Visakhapatnam¹
Western India	Ahmedabad Goa Mumbai Nagpur Pune¹
^1 Designated as a "restricted international airport" (customs airport); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports

Domestic

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International

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West	Ankleshwar Mopa Sindhudurg Kalyan Shirdi
North	Adampur
Central	Ajmer Kishangarh

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Western Naval Command	Dabolim INS Hansa Mumbai INS Shikra
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Andaman and Nicobar Command	Car Nicobar AFS Port Blair INS Utkrosh Campbell Bay INS Baaz Diglipur NAS Shibpur NDA Gliderdrome (Training)

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Ambala Air Force Station

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