Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport

Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport is a domestic airport as well as a military airfield of the Indian Air Force serving , the capital of , .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as: “aéroport Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe de Leh”, “Bandar udara kushok bakula rimpochee”, “Bandar Udara Leh”, “IXL”, “LEH”, “Leh air base”, “Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport”, “VILH”, “कुशोक बकुला रिम्पोची विमानतळ”, “ङ E9”, “चF4”, “चF11”, “रेह LEH”, “लेह LEH”, “लेह वायुसेना तळ”, “लेह विमानक्षेत्र”, “カショック・バクラ・リムポチェー空港”, “クショ・バクラ・リンポチェ空港”, “レーエアポート”, “巴库拉仁波切机场”, and “庫舒克·巴庫拉·仁波切機場”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leh and Choglamsar.

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, the main capital of , , is on the…

Suburb
, also spelled Chuglamsar, is a census town…

Village
is a village in the Leh district of , India.

Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport

Latitude
34.13527° or 34° 8′ 7″ north
Longitude
77.54623° or 77° 32′ 46″ east
Elevation
3,256 metres (10,682 feet)
Operator
Airports Authority of India
Named after
19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche
IATA airport code
IXL
ICAO airport code
VILH
Open location code
8J6V4GPW+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 104798732
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
7668606
Wiki­data ID
Q1431870
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Lughawe”
  • Bengali: “কুশোক বকুল কম্পোচি বিমানবন্দর”
  • Bulgarian: “Летище „Кушок Бакула Римпоче“”
  • Cebuano: “Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport”
  • Cebuano: “Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport”
  • Chinese: “列城巴库拉仁波切机场”
  • Chinese: “列城巴庫拉仁波切機場”
  • French: “aéroport Kushok-Bakula-Rimpoché”
  • French: “Aéroport Kushok-Bakula-Rimpoché”
  • German: “Flughafen Leh”
  • German: “Leh Airport”
  • Gujarati: “કુશોક બાકુલા રિન્પોચે વિમાનમથક”
  • Hindi: “कुशोक बकुला रिंपोचे विमानपत्तन”
  • Hindi: “लेह कुशोक बकुला रिम्पोची विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Kushok Bakula Rimpochee”
  • Italian: “aeroporto Kushok-Bakula-Rimpoché”
  • Japanese: “クショク・バクラ・リンポチェ空港”
  • Japanese: “レー・クショック・バクラ・リンポチェ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Leh”
  • Marathi: “कुशोक बकुला रिम्पोचे विमानतळ”
  • Marathi: “लेह कुशोक बकुला रिम्पोचे विमानतळ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੁਸ਼ੋਕ ਬਕੁਲਾ ਰਿੰਪੋਚੀ ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡਾ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه کوشک باکولا ریمپچ”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Kushok Bakula Rimpochee”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Лех Кушок Бакула Римпочи”
  • Russian: “Лех Кушок Бакула Римпочи”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱩᱥᱳᱠ ᱵᱟᱠᱩᱞᱟ ᱨᱤᱢᱯᱳᱪᱤ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
  • Swedish: “Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи кушк бокуло римпч”
  • Tamil: “குசோக் பகூலா ரிம்போச்செ வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Telugu: “కుశోక్ బకుల రింపోచి విమానాశ్రయం”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee”

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