# Cooch Behar Airport (COH / VECO)

**Cooch Behar Airport** (IATA: COH, ICAO: VECO) is a small airport in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. It opened in 1945. It has one runway, 1,067 m (3,500 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/veco

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: COH / VECO
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
- Opened: 1945 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 42 m / 138 ft
- Coordinates: 26.3305, 89.4672
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,067 m / 3,500 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooch_Behar_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1658236
- Weather station: VECO
- Ident: VECO

## Timeline

- 1945: Cooch Behar Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,067 m / 3,500 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,067 m / 3,500 ft | =12,572 of 29,858 | =1,664 in Asia | =226 in IN |
| Elevation | 42 m / 138 ft | =35,657 of 43,403 | =2,153 in Asia | =258 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =161 in Asia | #23 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [VEHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vehx.md) Hashimara Air Force Station · 42 km / 26 mi
- [RUP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veru.md) Rupsi Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [VGLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vglm.md) Lalmonirhat Airport · 49 km / 31 mi
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## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Cooch Behar Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cooch_Behar_Airport&oldid=1373931500), revision of 8 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/veco/data