Cooch Behar Airport
Encyclopedia
Cooch Behar Airport is located at Cooch Behar
, West Bengal
, India
and serves the greater Assam-Bengal border area.
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The first commercial flight from Cooch Behar will be almost fully packed when it lands in Calcutta tomorrow as the air service from this small north Bengal town resumes after 18 years.
The 18-seater Dornier 228 aircraft of Northeast Shuttles is expected here from Guwahati at 7.40am. It will take off with 13 passengers from here at 8am to reach Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Calcutta at 9.20am. On the return trip, the take-off time from Calcutta is 10am with a touch down at Cooch Behar at 11.20. The flight will leave 10 minutes later for Guwahati where it is expected at 12.20pm.
While a Guwahati-Cooch Behar one-way trip will cost Rs 1,500, a ticket from the Assam capital to Calcutta will come for Rs 6,500 for one person.
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar is the district headquarters and the largest city of Cooch Behar District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas and located at . Cooch Behar is the only planned town in North Bengal region with remnants of royal heritage...
, West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and serves the greater Assam-Bengal border area.
Facilities
The airport is located at an elevation of 138 feet (42 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,500 by 100 feet (1,067 × 30 m) without Instrument landing systemInstrument Landing System
An instrument landing system is a ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high-intensity lighting arrays to enable a safe landing during instrument...
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The first commercial flight from Cooch Behar will be almost fully packed when it lands in Calcutta tomorrow as the air service from this small north Bengal town resumes after 18 years.
The 18-seater Dornier 228 aircraft of Northeast Shuttles is expected here from Guwahati at 7.40am. It will take off with 13 passengers from here at 8am to reach Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Calcutta at 9.20am. On the return trip, the take-off time from Calcutta is 10am with a touch down at Cooch Behar at 11.20. The flight will leave 10 minutes later for Guwahati where it is expected at 12.20pm.
While a Guwahati-Cooch Behar one-way trip will cost Rs 1,500, a ticket from the Assam capital to Calcutta will come for Rs 6,500 for one person.
External links
- Cooch Behar Airport information on flightstats http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/airportDetails.do?airportCode=COH
See also
- List of airports by ICAO code
- List of airports in West Bengal
- List of airports in India