Purnea Airport

ICAO VEPUSmall airfield

Purnea Airport is a small airfield in Bihar, India. It is listed as ICAO VEPU. The airport is located at 25.7596° / 87.4100° at an elevation of 39 m (129 ft). There is one runway, the longest measuring 2,652 m. The nearest airport is Katihar Heliport, 22 km (13 mi) away. No scheduled service is recorded for this airfield.

Symbolic aviation imagery (AI-generated) – not a photo of this specific airport.

Map detail of Purnea Airport with runways — Close-up with runways

World map showing the position of Purnea Airport — Overview map

Data

Data
ICAO code	`VEPU`
Identifier	`VEPU`
Type	Small airfield
Region	Bihar
Country	India
Coordinates	25.75960, 87.41000
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	25° 45′ 34.56″ N 87° 24′ 36.01″ E
Elevation	39 m (129 ft)
Scheduled service	no

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