Silchar Airport (IXS)

Silchar Airport code is (IATA: IXS, ICAO: VEKU). Silchar Airport is located at Kumbhirgram, 29 km. from Silchar in the state of Assam, India built by the British as RAF Station Kumbhirgram in 1944 and transferred to the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF). It is also a Civil enclave airport as it is under the control of Indian Air Force. The airport is situated on the foothills of the Barail range. It is the fourth busiest airport of the north-eastern India next to Guwahati, Imphal and Agartala. In 2014-15, Silchar Airport handled 290,000 passengers.

Silchar Airport contact number : 03841 282 293

Silchar Airport address : Kumbhirgram Airport Road, Kumbhirgram T.E., Assam 788109

Railway Station Near Silchar Airport Silchar Railway Station (station code: SCL), Silchar Railway Station is located at a distance of 26 kilometres from Silchar Airport by road. It is only about 50–55 minutes drive from the Airport till the railway station through Kumbhirgram Airport Road. Taxis and cabs are readily available outside the station for the airport and vice versa.

Buses service is also operated by Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) between the main city and airport and the timings are as follows: first bus at 5:10 am and the second bus at 10:00 am both from the city to the airport and for return the first bus is at 7:15 am and the second bus is at 12:40 pm both from the airport to the city, charges applicable is Rs.100 for AC bus and Rs.50 for Deluxe bus all in per person rate.

The Airport has only one domestic terminal for arrival and departure flights. The terminal has four check-in counters along with one boarding gate allows a facility to handle nearly 300 passengers at a given time with 150 each at the arrival and the departure section.