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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport of Tripura, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Khowai Airport<br />
| nativename = खोवाई हवाई अड्डा <br />
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| IATA = IXN<br />
| ICAO = VEKW<br />
| pushpin_map = India Tripura#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in Tripura<br />
| pushpin_label = '''IXN'''<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| type = Public<br />
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| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]<br />
| city-served = [[Khowai]]<br />
| location = Khowai, India<br />
| elevation-f = 95<br />
| elevation-m = 29 <br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|24|03|42|N|091|36|14|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| metric-elev = y<br />
| metric-rwy = y<br />
| r1-number = 18/36<br />
| r1-length-f = 3000<br />
| r1-length-m = 914<br />
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'''Khowai Airport''' is a small airport located in [[Khowai]], [[Tripura]], India.<ref name=kvkrao>{{cite book|last=Rao|first=K.V. Krishna|title=Prepare or perish: a study of national security|year=1991|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=81-7212-001-X|pages=275}}</ref> It is managed by the [[Airports Authority of India]] and is non-operational.<ref name=cfapa09>{{cite news|title=Unused Airports in India|url=http://indiaaviation.aero/news/airline/32098/59/Unused-Airports-in-India|access-date=9 February 2012|newspaper=Center For Asia Pacific Aviation|date=27 November 2009}}</ref><br />
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==Incidents==<br />
On 29 March 1955, a [[Douglas DC-3|Dacota]] belonging to ''Airways (India)'' overran a wet runway and ended up in a ditch. Though there were no casualties, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and written off.<ref name=asn55>{{cite web|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK VT-CUZ Khowai Airport (IXN)|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19550329-0|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080225073252/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/khowai.jsp Khowai on Airports Authority of India website]<br />
* [http://www.jetrequest.com/airport_code/india/tripura/khowai/vekw/15068 Khowai on Jetrequest.com]<br />
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[[Category:Airports in Tripura]]<br />
[[Category:Khowai district]]</div>
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