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.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in India
- Also known as: “Aéroport de Purnea”, “PUI”, “Purnia Airport”, “PXN”, and “VEPU”
Purnea Airport
- Categories: airport, military installation, and transport
- Location: Krityanand Nagar, Purnia, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.76482° or 25° 45′ 53″ north
Longitude
87.40955° or 87° 24′ 34″ east
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Operator
Military of India
IATA airport code
PXN
ICAO airport code
VEPU
Open location code
7MQ9QC75+WR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
OpenStreetMap 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 Purnia”
- Hindi: “पुर्णिया विमानक्षेत्र”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Purnea”
- Marathi: “पूर्णिया विमानतळ”
- Nepali: “पूर्णिया विमानस्थल”
- Oriya: “ପୁର୍ଣିଆ ବିମାନ ବନ୍ଦର”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پورنئا”
- Persian: “فرودگاه پورنیا”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Purnea”
- Santali: “ᱯᱩᱨᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
- Swedish: “Purnea Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи пурнеҳо”
- Telugu: “పూర్నియా విమానాశ్రయం”
- Urdu: “پورنیہ ہوائی اڈے”
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Places to explore: Krityanand Nagar and Ramnagar.
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