Khowai Airport is a small airport located in
Khowai
Khowai is a town located in the Indian state of Tripura and a Municipal Council in Khowai district. The city lies on the banks of Khowai river and hence from the river the city gets its name. It was originally settled upon by Upendranath Roy. Lo ...
,
Tripura
Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...
, India.
It is managed by the
Airports Authority of India and is non-operational.
Incidents
On 29 March 1955, a
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.
References
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External links
Khowai on Airports Authority of India websiteKhowai on Jetrequest.com
Defunct airports in India
Airports in Tripura
Khowai district