Airports / India / AJL
Lengpui Airport
VELP / AJLAizawl (Lengpui), IndiaELEV 1,398 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
44 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kailashahar Airport (IXH).
Overview
Lengpui Airport, listed as VELP / AJL, is a mid-sized airport in Aizawl (Lengpui), India. Field elevation is 1,398 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
While no charter operators list AJL as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Kailashahar Airport (IXH, 44 nm), Silchar Airport (IXS, 67 nm), and Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport (IXA, 76 nm).
Trip costs from AJL are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from AJL to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
VELP
IATA
AJL
FAA / Local
VELP
Elevation
1,398 ft
Coordinates
23.8406° N · 92.6197° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs India fields
state range 5–10,682 ft
At 1,398 ft, AJL sits higher than 75% of the 139 India fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 44nmIXHKailashahar AirportKailashahar
- 67nmIXSSilchar AirportSilchar
- 76nmIXAAgartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram AirportAgartala
- 79nmZYLOsmany International AirportSylhet
- 89nmIMFBir Tikendrajit International AirportImphal
- 105nmCGPShah Amanat International AirportChattogram (Chittagong)
Location
Open the full mapVELP · Lengpui Airport · Aizawl (Lengpui), India