Lilabari Airport or North Lakhimpur Airport is located in the

Lakhimpur district Lakhimpur district ( ) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarter is located at North Lakhimpur. The district is bounded on the North by Siang and Papumpare districts of Arunachal Pradesh and on the Ea ...

in the

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. It serves the town of

North Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur ( ) is a city and a municipal board in Lakhimpur district in the Indian state of Assam, about northeast of Guwahati. It is the district headquarters of Lakhimpur district. North Lakhimpur is also the name of the subdivision of L ...

, located 8 km (5 mi) from the town.

History

The Lilabari airport project in Lakhimpur began following hectic campaigning and lobbying by local Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Ranee Narah from 1999 to 2003. Construction of the airport had finished by 2003, and the terminal was inaugurated by then Union Civil Aviation Minister

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Current status

* As of 2013, the Lilabari airport in Lakhimpur is connected to

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service on a daily basis. * The airport is equipped with a night landing facility, and the runway is being modified to operate larger aircraft.

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