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India's 10 longest runways

August 25, 2008

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata: 3,627 mt

Located at Dum Dum, about 18 km from Kolkata, the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport has a runway of 3,627 mt length. The airport was earlier called Dum Dum airport before it was rechristened after Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

The airport has three terminals: domestic, international and cargo.

Under the Airports Authority of India's plan to upgrade existing airports in India, the Kolkata airport too will undergo major modernisation.

Image: An Air India aircraft prepares for takeoff from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport in Kolkata. | Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images

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