Cooch Behar Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India and parts of North Bengal and Assam. It is located from the city centre. The airport covers an area of 173 acres. Facilities The airport is located at an elevation of 141 feet (43 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface, measuring without an Instrument landing system (ILS), which is necessary for landing of aircraft at night. The airport can only handle VFR flights during the day. Improvements in radar as well as other runway systems have been completed, such as installation of lights on the runway, while the ILS will be installed in the near future. There is presently a high security team residing in the airport provided by Central Industrial Security Force and Coochbehar District police. The airport uses a Non-directional beacon (NDB) for navigation services. It presently operates for only private operations, such as for government and VIP aircraft. It resumed for commercial operations on 21 February 2023. Recent developments In March 2020, lights were installed in the boundaries of the airport and the runway was repaired. Security was also increased in and around the premises. While the longstanding demand of residents to resume flights from the airport in North Bengal remains unfulfilled for over 25 years, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) revamped and operationalised the airport at Rupsi in Kokrajhar district of Assam to restart services after three decades, to handle the traffic. However, it mostly handles the traffic from Dhubri, the city it serves, and it adjoining regions from Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, etc. and does not acts as a solution to Cooch Behar, because that airport is from it, so it is too far to cater the traffic. The airport's license was valid till 27 January 2021, but the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India) (DGCA) decided not to renew the license until further notice. As of February 2023, it has received its license again in January 2023 to restart commercial operations, and reopened for flights on 21 February 2023, with daily flights to Kolkata operated by the new low-cost regional airline, IndiaOne Air. Airlines and destinations See also List of airports by ICAO code List of airports in West Bengal List of airports in India References External links Airports in West Bengal Buildings and structures in Cooch Behar district Transport