Raxaul Airport
Raxaul Airport is an airport located at Raxaul in the state of Bihar, India. It was established after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, when it served as an emergency landing ground for the Indian Army.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in India
- Also known as: “VERL”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raxaul Junction railway station.
Raxaul Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jan Bockaert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Raxaul Junction railway station is a main railway station in East Champaran district, Bihar. Its code is RXL. It serves Raxaul city and also as gateway to Nepal as the most important station on the Indo-Nepal border. The station consists of five platforms. Raxaul Junction railway station is situated 2½ km southeast of Raxaul Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Raxaul and Birgunj.
Raxaul
Raxaul is a sub-divisional town in the East Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated on the India–Nepal border and shares its boundary with the city of Birgunj in Nepal.Birgunj
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Birgunj is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhes Pradesh in southern Nepal. It lies 135 km south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul on the border of the Indian state of Bihar.
Raxaul Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Raxaul, Purba Champaran District, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Raxaul Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Raxaul Airport”
- Hindi: “रक्सौल विमानक्षेत्र”
- Hindi: “रक्सौल हवाई-अड्डा”
- Indonesian: “VERL”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Raxaul”
- Marathi: “रक्सौल विमानतळ”
- Nepali: “रक्सौल विमानस्थल”
- Persian: “فرودگاه راکشااول”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Raxaul”
- Russian: “Аеропорт Раксаул”
- Santali: “ᱨᱟᱠᱥᱟᱣᱩᱞ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ”
- Swedish: “Raxaul Airport”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Раксаул”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи рокшоовл”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ekderwa and Bharatmahi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bhelāhi and Bindabāsini̇̄ Temple.
Bihar: Must-Visit Destinations
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