# Kharagpur Airport / Kalaikunda Air Force Station (VEDX)

**Kharagpur Airport / Kalaikunda Air Force Station** (ICAO: VEDX) is a small airport in Doarkhol, West Bengal, India. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / VEDX
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Doarkhol, West Bengal, India
- Elevation: 61 m / 200 ft
- Coordinates: 22.3395, 87.2145
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaikunda_Air_Force_Station (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6350188
- Weather station: VEDX
- Ident: VEDX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 173° / 353° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | =1,801 of 29,858 | =539 in Asia | =56 in IN |
| Elevation | 61 m / 200 ft | =33,877 of 43,403 | =1,960 in Asia | #244 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VECK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veck.md) Chakulia Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [VEBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veba.md) Behala Airport · 112 km / 70 mi
- [IXW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vejs.md) Sonari Airport · 120 km / 74 mi
- [VEPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vepi.md) Barrackpore Air Force Station · 127 km / 79 mi
- [VEPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veph.md) Panagarh Air Force Station · 128 km / 80 mi
- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · 131 km / 82 mi

## 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)
- [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/vedx/data