AirportsLilabari North Lakhimpur Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Lilabari, in Assam, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is IXI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- IXI
- ICAO code
- VELR
- City
- Lilabari
- State or region
- Assam
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 27.2957° N, 94.0973° E
- Elevation
- 101 m (330 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,286 m (7,500 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, IXI means Lilabari North Lakhimpur Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VELR. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 27.2957° N, 94.0973° E. It stands 101 metres (330 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Jorhat, about 61 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kolkata, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lilabari North Lakhimpur Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,286 metres (7,500 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 114 airports of India on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 77.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,286 m 7,500 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Itanagar Donyi Polo Hollongi AirportHollongi | HGI | 58 km |
| Jorhat AirportJorhat | JRH | 63 km |
| Dibrugarh AirportDibrugarh | DIB | 93 km |
| Tezpur Airport | TEZ | 145 km |
| Dimapur AirportDimapur | DMU | 160 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,675 km | 2 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,349 km | 3 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,853 km | 5 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,968 km | 10 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,358 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,393 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,072 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,392 km | 5 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,083 km | 11 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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