Bagdogra Airport (Siliguri) (VEBD / IXB)

India · elevation 412 ft AMSL · 26.6812, 88.3286 · Local time: --:--:-- · UTC time: --:--:--

About Bagdogra Airport (Siliguri)

Bagdogra Airport (Siliguri) is an airport with the ICAO code VEBD and the IATA code IXB. Country: India. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Siliguri. OurAirports classifies it as a large airport. Its ICAO code starts with the VE prefix, which marks airports in India. The four-letter code VEBD is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code IXB is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 26°40'52"N, 88°19'43"E, at an elevation of 412 ft (126 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Asia/Kolkata.

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Runways of VEBD

Threshold	Course	Length	Width	Surface
18	180°	2,754 m (9,035 ft)	46 m (150 ft)	asphalt
36	360°	2,754 m (9,035 ft)	46 m (150 ft)	asphalt

The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.

Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.

Runways at VEBD

According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Bagdogra Airport (Siliguri) has one runway: 18/36 - 2,754 m long (9,035 ft), 46 m wide, asphalt surface.

Runway headings and wind

The thresholds are oriented as follows: 18/36 on 180° and 360° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.

For the 18/36 axis, wind from the west (around 270°) or from the east (around 90°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 180° or 360° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.

METAR and TAF for VEBD

Weather reports for Bagdogra Airport (Siliguri) are published under the ICAO code VEBD. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.

The decoder breaks the VEBD report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.

Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for VEBD, check the nearby airports listed below.

Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Asia/Kolkata zone stays at GMT+05:30 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.

The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Bhadrapur Airport (VNCG, 28 km), Pakyong Airport (VEPY, 66 km), Thakurgaon Airport (VGSG, 74 km). When no report is available for VEBD, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.

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