Purnea Airport
Purnea Airport is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force station serving Purnia and Seemanchal subregion in Bihar, India. It is located on the western outskirts of Purnia, in Goasi and is operated by the Airports Authority of India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in India
- Also known as: “Purnia Airport” and “VEPU”
Purnea Airport
- Categories: airport, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Krityanand Nagar, Purnia, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.76482° or 25° 45′ 53″ northLongitude
87.40955° or 87° 24′ 34″ eastElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Operator
Military of IndiaIATA airport code
PXNICAO airport code
VEPUOpen location code
7MQ9QC75+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 112488654OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Purnea Airport” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار بورنيا”
- Cebuano: “Purnea Airport”
- French: “Aéroport de Purnea”
- French: “Aéroport de Purnia”
- Hindi: “पुर्णिया विमानक्षेत्र”
- Indonesian: “VEPU”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Purnea”
- Marathi: “पूर्णिया विमानतळ”
- Nepali: “पूर्णिया विमानस्थल”
- Oriya: “ପୁର୍ଣିଆ ବିମାନ ବନ୍ଦର”
- Persian: “PUI”
- Persian: “VEPU”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پورنئا”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پورنیا”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Purnea”
- Santali: “ᱯᱩᱨᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
- Swedish: “Purnea Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи пурнеҳо”
- Urdu: “پورنیہ ہوائی اڈے”
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