# INS Garuda / Willingdon Island Naval Air Station, Kochi, India

**INS Garuda / Willingdon Island Naval Air Station** is a small airport in Kochi, Kerala, India. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,817 m (5,960 ft). It is operated by Southern Naval Command.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Southern Naval Command
- Serves: Kochi, Kerala, India
- Elevation: 2 m / 8 ft
- Coordinates: 9.9461, 76.2719
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,817 m / 5,960 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Website: http://indiannavy.nic.in/INS_Garuda.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Garuda (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10845888
- Weather station: VOCC · WMO 43353
- Ident: VOCC

## Timeline

- 4 Nov 2023: Chetak Helicopter Crash at INS Garuda.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,817 m / 5,960 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | yes |
| 13/31 | 1,414 m / 4,640 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,817 m / 5,960 ft | =4,765 of 29,858 | #1,214 in Asia | #142 in IN |
| Elevation | 2 m / 8 ft | =42,741 of 43,403 | =3,146 in Asia | #301 in IN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =2 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 665.500 |
| APP | APP | 124.700 |
| TWR | GARUDA TWR | 123.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [COK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voci.md) Cochin International Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [CCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocl.md) Calicut International Airport · 137 km / 85 mi
- [CJB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vocb.md) Coimbatore International Airport · 147 km / 91 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/vocc/data