# Barrackpore Air Force Station, Barrackpore, India

**Barrackpore Air Force Station** is a small airport in Barrackpore, West Bengal, India. It has one runway, 1,864 m (6,116 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
- Elevation: 6 m / 18 ft
- Coordinates: 22.7810, 88.3592
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,864 m / 6,116 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrackpore_Air_Force_Station (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4863172
- Weather station: VECC · WMO 42809
- Ident: VEPI

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,864 m / 6,116 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 017° / 197° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,864 m / 6,116 ft | #4,387 of 29,858 | #1,167 in Asia | #128 in IN |
| Elevation | 6 m / 18 ft | =41,596 of 43,403 | =2,962 in Asia | #287 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [CCU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vecc.md) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport · 17 km / 10 mi
- [VEBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veba.md) Behala Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [JSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vgjr.md) Jessore Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [VEPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/veph.md) Panagarh Air Force Station · 123 km / 76 mi
- [VEDX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vedx.md) Kharagpur Airport / Kalaikunda Air Force Station · 127 km / 79 mi
- [IN-0099](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0099.md) Durgapur Steel Plant Airport · 137 km / 85 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/vepi/data