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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport of West Bengal, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox Airport<br />
| name = Behala Airport<br />
| nativename = Behala Flying Club<br />
| image = <br />
| IATA = <br />
| ICAO = VEBA<br />
| type = Public<br />
| owner = <br />
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| city-served = Kolkata<br />
| location = [[Behala]], [[Kolkata]], [[India]]<br />
| elevation-f = 10<br />
| elevation-m = 3<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|22|30|19.1|N|088|17|47.9|E|type:airport}}<br />
| website = <br />
| metric-rwy = Y<br />
| r1-number = 18/36<br />
| r1-length-f = 3500<br />
| r1-length-m = 1066<br />
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]<br />
| footnotes = Currently not in operation, Only a flying school operates here<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kolkata#India West Bengal<br />
}}<br />
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'''Behala Airport''' {{airport codes||VEBA}} is located at [[Behala]] in the city of [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. It is located approximately {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=}} from the city centre.It is more commonly referred as Behala Flying Training Institute (BFTI) or Behala Flying Club (BFC). The ministry of Civil Aviation, [[India]] and Airports Authority of India (AAI) have plans to develop it into a full-fledged commercial airport by expanding the runway to {{convert|4500|ft|km|abbr=}} to ease the pressure on the [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/aai-set-to-renovate-behala-airport-for-civil-operations-111090400027_1.html|title=AAI set to renovate Behala airport for civil operations|last=Reporter|first=B. S.|date=2011-09-04|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 May 2018|title=Behala Airport|url=https://www.aai.aero/en/node/77580|access-date=9 Jul 2020|website=aai.aero}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=domain-b.com : New airport project at Behala, near Kolkata: Civil aviation minister Praful Patel|url=https://www.domain-b.com/aero/Sept/2007/20070924_airport.htm|access-date=2020-07-08|website=www.domain-b.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=ঘোষ|first=সুনন্দ|title=বেহালা বিমানবন্দর নিয়ে কেন্দ্র-রাজ্য তরজা|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/calcutta/central-sate-conflict-was-started-about-the-area-of-behala-airport-1.996258|access-date=2020-07-08|website=anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 26, 2011|title=Behala airport recce to iron out hitches|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Behala-airport-recce-to-iron-out-hitches/articleshow/9740450.cms|access-date=2020-07-08|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}{{Airports in India}}{{West Bengal transit}}<br />
[[Category:Airports in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Kolkata]]<br />
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