Halwara Airport
Halwara Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force base near Halwara town in Punjab, India. It is one of the oldest frontline airbases of the IAF and was actively involved in both, 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak conflicts because of its strategic location.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in India
- Also known as: “Halwara Air Force Base”, “Halwara Air Force Station”, and “VIHX”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halwara and Toosa.
Halwara
Village
Halwara is a township in Punjab state in India in the Ludhiana. It is the location of Halwara Air Force Base.
Toosa
Village
Photo: Charan Gill, CC BY 4.0.
Toosa is a village in Punjab, India. It is in the Ludhiana district. On the Ludhiana Raikot road about 23 km south of Ludhiana, near Halwara, Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha International Airport.Village code of Toosa village is 033702.
Aitiana
Village
Aitiana is a village of more than 5,000 people, situated approximately 30 km from the city of Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Nearby towns are Raikot, Sudhar, Jagraon and Mullanpur.
Halwara Airport
- Categories: airport, air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Raikot, Ludhiana district, Punjab, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30.7466° or 30° 44′ 48″ northLongitude
75.6298° or 75° 37′ 47″ eastElevation
241 metres (791 feet)Operator
Indian Air ForceOpen location code
8J2QPJWH+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 429292945OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfieldWikidata ID
Q10860393
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Urdu—“Halwara Airport” goes by many names.
- German: “Flughafen Halwara”
- Hindi: “हलवारा एयर फ़ोर्स स्टेशन”
- Indonesian: “VIHX”
- Japanese: “ハルワラ空軍基地”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Halwara”
- Panjabi: “ਹਲਵਾਰਾ ਏਅਰ ਫੋਰਸ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی هالوارا”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Ҳалвара”
- Telugu: “హల్వారా వైమానిక దళ స్థావరం”
- Urdu: “ہلواڑہ ہوائی اڈا”
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