Agra Airport / Kheria Air Force Station (AFS) (Agra)

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AFS Agra is a military airport shared with civilian air traffic.
IATA: AGR ;ICAO: VIAG

Agra Airport aka Kheria Air Force Station (IATA: AGR, ICAO: VIAG), is a military airbase and public airport serving the city of Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The air force station is one of the largest airbases of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and has been synonymous with the Taj Mahal for over half a century. On 15 August 2007, the airbase celebrated its sixtieth anniversary.

The Airbase was also featured in the 2013 Walt Disney Pictures movie - Planes as a pit stop for the Wings Across The World race.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra_Airport
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Coordinates:   27°9'24"N   77°57'4"E

Comments

  • Tt appears that there are 2 runways.I know there r some charter flights that come .There r some nice five star hotels.A lot of VIPs come here regularly.
  • Even there is an Airport but yet i never got a flight to agra.how sad but still i'm always:)
  • agra is my hometown
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