Fukche
Fukche Advanced Landing Ground | |
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| Airport type | Military |
| Operator | Indian Air Force |
| Location | Ladakh, India |
| Elevation AMSL | 13,700 ft / 4,176 m |
| Coordinates | 32°56′15″N 79°12′48″E / 32.93750°N 79.21333°ECoordinates: 32°56′15″N 79°12′48″E / 32.93750°N 79.21333°E |
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Fukche Advanced Landing Ground[2] (ICAO: VI66)[1] is an airfield in the Demchok sector of the union territory of Ladakh, India. It was built shortly after the 1962 Sino-Indian War and was revived in 2008. It is located adjacent to Koyul, 34 km northwest of Demchok.
Location[]
The Fukche Landing Ground is located at a distance of 2.5 kilometers[3] of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China in Indian union territory of Ladakh, near the junction of the Koyul Lungpa river with the Indus River.
There is an unmetalled road from Fukche to Demchok, 34 km southeast at the southern tip of the Indian-controlled Demchok sector.
The 34 km long Fukche-Demchok Road, which one of the India-China Border Roads, connects Fukche ALG to the Demchok in the east at the northeastern tip of the Indian-controlled Demchok sector.
History[]
The airfield had been out of use after the 1962 Sino-Indian war. It was reopened on 4 November 2008 by the Indian Airforce, when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Airforce successfully landed on the airfield.[4][5]
Facilities[]
The airfield has an unpaved gravelly runway of 2 miles length. It accommodates small transport aircraft, meant for inducting or recycling troops at the border.[5]
See also[]
- Military bases
- Daulat Beg Oldi Advanced Landing Ground
- List of ALGs
- List of Indian Air Force stations
- India-China military deployment on LAC
- Line of Actual Control (LAC)
- India-China Border Roads
References[]
- ^ a b "Fukche Airbase Code". World Airport Codes. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Fukche Advanced Landing Ground Airport, airortguide.com, retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "IAF aircraft lands at a forward base on India-China border", Thaindian News, 4 November 2008, archived from the original on 12 February 2009
- ^ "IAF craft makes successful landing near China border", NDTV News, 2008, archived from the original on 5 September 2012
- ^ a b Sujan Dutta, IAF lands on Ladakh strip, The Telegraph, 4 November 2008.
Further reading[]
- Air Marshal K. K. Nohwar, Pace of Infrastructure Development in Border Areas: Adequate?, Centre for Air Power Studies, 13 March 2018
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