Airfield of the Indian Air Force in Chennai
12°54′25″N 80°07′16″E / 12.90694°N 80.12111°E / 12.90694; 80.12111| Runways |
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| Direction | Length | Surface | | m | ft | | 05/23 | 1,513 | 4,965 | Asphalt | | 12/30 | 1,818 | 5,965 | Asphalt | |
Tambaram Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force airfield in Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. This Air Force station is primarily involved in the training of pilots as Qualified Flying Instructors and Mechanical Training Institute for airmen.
What started as RAF Station Tambaram, in the Madras Presidency, in the southeast of the British India, it became the Tambaram Air Force Station after the British left.
The station has a squadron of 15 Pilatus PC-7 Mk II basic trainers by 2015 at the Flying Instructors School. The PC-7 will join a fleet that comprises Kiran Mk I and Mk II trainer aircraft, and HAL Cheetah and HAL Chetak helicopters. An An-32 transport squadron is stationed here. Apart from training, helicopters from the Indian Navy have also been operated from this airfield.
In 2017 the Indian Air Force proposed to lengthen the runway so that larger aircraft could land to assist with natural disasters.[1]
Use by smaller civilian aircraft
There are plans to use the air force station to handle smaller civilian ATR aircraft (with a capacity of 70 to 80 passengers) to decongest the Chennai International Airport.[2]
References
- ^ Oppli, P (3 March 2017). "Once expanded, Tambaram Air Force Station runway can serve Chennai during natural calamities: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Sekar, Sunitha (14 May 2019). "Tambaram Air Force base to be used by smaller aircraft soon". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. p. 3. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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