Airports / India / VEPH
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
14 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (RDP).
Overview
Panagarh Air Force Station, listed as VEPH, is a mid-sized airport in India. The airport sits 240 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into VEPH for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (RDP, 14 nm), Dhanbad Airport (DBD, 59 nm), and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU, 75 nm).
Charter pricing from VEPH depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from VEPH.
Field capability
ICAO
VEPH
IATA
—
FAA / Local
VEPH
Elevation
240 ft
Coordinates
23.4743° N · 87.4275° 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
No
Elevation vs India fields
state range 5–10,682 ft
At 240 ft, VEPH sits lower 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.
- 14nmRDPKazi Nazrul Islam AirportDurgapur
- 59nmDBDDhanbad Airport
- 75nmCCUNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International AirportKolkata
- 80nmIXWSonari AirportJamshedpur
- 87nmRJHShah Makhdum AirportRajshahi
- 97nmJSRJessore AirportJashore (Jessore)
Location
Open the full mapVEPH · Panagarh Air Force Station