# Tambaram Air Force Station, Chennai, India

**Tambaram Air Force Station** is a small airport in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,818 m (5,965 ft). It is operated by Indian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Indian Air Force
- Serves: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Elevation: 27 m / 90 ft
- Coordinates: 12.9072, 80.1219
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,818 m / 5,965 ft
- Time zone: UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambaram_Air_Force_Station (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7681016
- Weather station: VOMM · WMO 43279
- Ident: VOTX

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,818 m / 5,965 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | yes |
| 05/23 | 1,513 m / 4,965 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 043° / 223° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,818 m / 5,965 ft | #4,764 of 29,858 | #1,213 in Asia | #141 in IN |
| Elevation | 27 m / 90 ft | =37,291 of 43,403 | =2,357 in Asia | #271 in IN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =2 in IN |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | MADRAS APP | 127.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [MAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vomm.md) Chennai International Airport · 11 km / 6.6 mi
- [VOAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/voar.md) INS Rajali / Arakkonam Naval Air Station · 50 km / 31 mi
- [TIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/votp.md) Tirupati International Airport · 102 km / 64 mi
- [PNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vopc.md) Pondicherry Airport · 110 km / 68 mi
- [VOVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vovr.md) Vellore 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/votx/data