Sarsawa Air Force Station

Sarsawa Air Force Station Saharanpur सारसावा एयर फोर्स स्टेशन सहारनपुर
IATA: none – ICAO: VISP
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner/Operator	Indian Air Force
Serves	Saharanpur
Elevation AMSL	891 ft / 272 m
Coordinates	29°59′39″N 77°25′27″E / 29.99417°N 77.42417°E / 29.99417; 77.42417Coordinates: 29°59′39″N 77°25′27″E / 29.99417°N 77.42417°E / 29.99417; 77.42417
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 09/27 9,000 x 150 2,743 x 46 Concrete

Sarsawa Air Force Station is located approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) from Saharanpur City, Uttar Pradesh, India. It belongs to the Western Air Command. Though the sole user of this airport is the Indian Air Force, it does handle civilian flights on a regular basis for VIP transport to Saharanpur.^[1]

Under No. 30 Wing IAF, residents in 2011 included No. 117 and 152 Helicopter Units flying Mil Mi-17s.^[2]

There have been plans to operate scheduled civilian flights from this airport.

References

Indian Air Force bases
Western Air Command	Adampur Ambala Amritsar Awantipora Bathinda Chandigarh Halwara Hindon Leh Palam Pathankot Sarsawa Siachen Glacier Sirsa Srinagar Udhampur
Eastern Air Command	Agartala Bagdogra Barapani AFS Barrackpore Chabua Dum Dum Hasimara Jorhat Kalaikunda Kumbhigram Mohanbari Mountain Shadow Tawang Tezpur Panagarh
Central Air Command	Agra Bihta Darbhanga Bakshi Ka Talab Bamrauli Bareilly Chakeri Gorakhpur Maharajpur
Southern Air Command	Car Nicobar Coimbatore Madurai Port Blair Tambaram Thanjavur
South Western Air Command	Bhuj Jaisalmer Jamnagar Jodhpur Lohegaon Nal-Bikaner Naliya Phalodi Uttarlai Makarpura
Training Command	Begumpet Bidar Dundigal Hakimpet Yelahanka Belgaum
Maintenance Command	Nagpur Ojhar
Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs)	Daulat Beg Oldi Chushul Fukche Nyoma Thoise Dharasu Vijaynagar Pasighat Mechuka Walong Tuting Ziro Along Tawang
All bases and landing grounds are suffixed with AFS and ALG which means Air Force Station and Advanced Landing Ground respectively. Examples: Pathankot AFS, Fukche ALG