# Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (IXL / VILH)

**Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport** (IATA: IXL, ICAO: VILH) is a medium airport in Leh, Ladakh, India. It opened in 1985. It has one runway, 2,755 m (9,040 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Airports Authority of India.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IXL / VILH
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Airports Authority of India
- Serves: Leh, Ladakh, India
- Opened: 1985 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 3,256 m / 10,682 ft
- Coordinates: 34.1359, 77.5465
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,755 m / 9,040 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: http://airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/leh_generalinfo.jsp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushok_Bakula_Rimpochee_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431870
- Weather station: VILH
- Ident: VILH

## Timeline

- 1985: Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07L/25R | 2,755 m / 9,040 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 069° / 249° | yes |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [SXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/visr.md) Srinagar International Airport · India · 256 km / 159 mi · Air India
- [IXJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/viju.md) Jammu Airport · India · 298 km / 185 mi · Air India
- [IXC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vicg.md) Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport · India · 392 km / 244 mi · Air India
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 622 km / 386 mi · Air India, SpiceJet

### Seasonal (1)

- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,736 km / 1,079 mi · SpiceJet

### Cargo (1)

- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 622 km / 386 mi · SpiceJet

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from IXL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- AI [Air India](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-india) · 4
- SG [SpiceJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spicejet) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,755 m / 9,040 ft | #1,723 of 29,858 | #512 in Asia | #43 in IN |
| Elevation | 3,256 m / 10,682 ft | #78 of 43,403 | #27 in Asia | #5 in IN |
| Age | Opened 1985 | =8,826 of 15,079 | =420 in Asia | #46 in IN |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =22 in IN |

## Nearby airports

- [VI57](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vi57.md) Thoise Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [IN-0279](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0279.md) Chushul Airstrip · 126 km / 79 mi
- [VI65](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vi65.md) Kargil Airport · 135 km / 84 mi
- [IN-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/in-0003.md) Daulat Beg Oldi Advanced Landing Ground · 144 km / 90 mi

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #22

## 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: “Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kushok_Bakula_Rimpochee_Airport&oldid=1369395582), revision of 14 Aug 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/vilh/data