# Kargil Airport, Kargil, India

**Kargil Airport** is a small airport in Kargil, Ladakh, India. It has one runway, 1,830 m (6,004 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Indian Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vi65

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Kargil, Ladakh, India
- Elevation: 2,927 m / 9,604 ft
- Coordinates: 34.5243, 76.1559
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,830 m / 6,004 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3629936
- Ident: VI65

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,830 m / 6,004 ft | 32 m / 106 ft | Asphalt | 022° / 202° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,830 m / 6,004 ft | =4,542 of 29,858 | =1,192 in Asia | #132 in IN |
| Elevation | 2,927 m / 9,604 ft | #110 of 43,403 | #36 in Asia | #7 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [KDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/opsd.md) Skardu International Airport · 107 km / 66 mi
- [VI57](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vi57.md) Thoise Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [VIAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viaw.md) Awantipura Air Force Station · 130 km / 81 mi
- [IXL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vilh.md) Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [SXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/visr.md) Srinagar International Airport · 140 km / 87 mi

## Sources

- [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/vi65/data