# Hashimara Air Force Station (VEHX)

**Hashimara Air Force Station** (ICAO: VEHX) is a medium airport in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / VEHX
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
- Elevation: 104 m / 340 ft
- Coordinates: 26.6983, 89.3691
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasimara_Air_Force_Station (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12692963
- Weather station: VEHX
- Ident: VEHX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11R/29L | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Paved | 106° / 286° | 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 | 104 m / 340 ft | =30,375 of 43,403 | =1,688 in Asia | #211 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [PBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqpr.md) Paro International Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [IXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vebd.md) Bagdogra Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [GLU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vqgp.md) Gelephu Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [SPD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgsd.md) Saidpur Airport · 114 km / 71 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/vehx/data