Along Airport
Airport of Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Along Airport (IATA: IXV, ICAO: VEAN) also known as Aalo Airport is located at Along in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Along, Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 274 m (899 ft) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°10′31″N 094°48′07″E | ||||||||||
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  IXV Location within Arunachal Pradesh  IXV Location within India | |||||||||||
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The Government of Arunachal Pradesh handed over the airstrip to the Ministry of Defence in June 2009.[1] The government has proposed to operationalise a civil enclave at the airport.[2]
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had sent a report to the state government and the Indian Air Force in July 2011 for the removal of obstacles around the aerodrome for safe flight operations and cited a requirement of seven acres of land for the development of the civil enclave.[3]
Incidents
On 7 April 1964, a Kalinga Airlines Dakota overshot the runway and caught fire. No casualties were reported in this incident, but the aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair.[4]
