Purnea Airport

Purnea Airport (ICAO: VEPU) is located near Purnia in the state of Bihar, India.

The Airport has one concrete surface runway, oriented 09/27, the length of runway is 8,700 ft (2,652 m) with elevation 1129 ft (39 m) above sea level.

Spirit Air Private Limited, in association with Bangalore-based Door to Door Services Limited (DTDS), started non-scheduled flight services on Patna-Purnea and Purnea-Calcutta routes, flying twice a week to Kolkata and Patna. The flight takes 50 minutes to fly from Purnea to Patna.

This air base is manage and operate by Indian Air Force.

The nearest International Airport from Purnia is Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport (also known as Patna Airport), roughly 294 km by road from Purnea Airport.

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