Tezpur AFS

Tezpur Air Force Station, also designated Salonibari Air Force Station, is located at Salonibari, approximately 8.5 km from the centre of Tezpur in Assam, India. The facility operates jointly as an Indian Air Force station and a domestic civil airport under the IATA code TEZ and ICAO code VETZ.

The runway was constructed in 1942 by the Royal Indian Air Force during the Second World War. It was subsequently used by the United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force, which based the 7th Bombardment Group and its B-24 Liberator heavy bombers at the site for operations over Burma and China. Following the war the airfield was converted to a permanent air force base in 1959. Aircraft types operated from Tezpur over the following decades included the de Havilland Vampire, the Dassault Ouragan and the MiG-21.

The station is operated by the Indian Air Force. No. 2 Squadron "Winged Arrows" and No. 106 Squadron "Lynx" are based at Tezpur, both flying the Sukhoi Su-30MKI.

The civil enclave occupies an area of 22 acres and includes a passenger terminal. The civil apron accommodates one Airbus A320 and two ATR 72 aircraft simultaneously.