Fukche

Fukche Advanced Landing Ground

IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Indian Airforce
Location	Ladakh, India

Fukche Advanced Landing Ground is one of the numerous Advanced Landing Grounds built in India during and after the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

Location

It is located within 2.5 kilometers^[1] of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China in the Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, at position 32° 56' 15 North 79° 12' 48 East.

History

The airfield had been out of use after the 1962 Sino-Indian war. It was reopened on 4 November 2008 by the Indian Airforce, when an An-32 aircraft of the Indian Airforce successfully landed on the airfield.^[2]

Facilities

The airfield is currently under refurbishment and currently has no equipment or facilities to accommodate large transport aircraft or fighter jets.^[3]

References

Ladakh

Passes	Khardung La Sasser Pass Karakoram Pass Lachulung La Tanglang La Chang la Marsimik La Rezang La Zoji La Pensi La Shingo La Spangur Gap Kongka La Lanak La Dehra Compass

Valleys	Leh Rupshu Salt Valley Padum Shyok Suru Valley Nubra Zanskar

Cities and Towns	Leh Kargil Upshi Padum Rangdum Dras Hemis Hanle Nyoma Sankoo Likir Khalatse Thiksey Chemrey Shey Zangla Daulat Beg Oldi Thoise Turtuk Chalunka Fukche Ukdungle Demchok Diskit Chushul Nimu

Rivers, glaciers and lakes	Sutlej Beas Ravi Shyok Chenab Indus Zanskar Tsarap Doda Yapola Suru River Markha Galwan Chip Chap Siachen Glacier Drang-drung Rimo Tso Moriri Pangong Tso Spanggur Tso

Monasteries	Alchi Bardan Basgo Chemrey Diskit Hanle Hemis Hundur Korzok Karsha Lamayuru Likir Lingshed Mashro Matho Mulbekh Namgyal Tsemo Phugtal Phyang Rangdum Rizong Sani Sankar Saspul Shey Monastery Spituk Stakna Stok Stongdey Takthok Thikse Tserkarmo Tonde Wanla Zangla Zongkul

See also	History of Ladakh Shanti Stupa Baltistan Leh–Manali Highway Bilaspur–Mandi–Leh railway Lahaul and Spiti Tourism in Ladakh Ladakhi language Wildlife of Ladakh Curious BRO roadsigns Geography of Ladakh Saltoro Kangri More plains Depsang Plains Khurnak Fort Sirijap Gurung Hill Ladakh Marathon

Indian Air Force bases

Western Air Command	Adampur Ambala Amritsar Awantipora Bathinda Chandigarh Halwara Hindon Leh Palam Pathankot Sarsawa Siachen Glacier Sirsa Srinagar Udhampur

Eastern Air Command	Agartala Bagdogra Barapani AFS Barrackpore Chabua Dum Dum Hasimara Jorhat Kalaikunda Kumbhigram Mohanbari Mountain Shadow Tawang Tezpur Panagarh

Central Air Command	Agra Bihta Darbhanga Bakshi Ka Talab Bamrauli Bareilly Chakeri Gorakhpur Maharajpur

Southern Air Command	Car Nicobar Coimbatore Madurai Port Blair Tambaram Thanjavur

South Western Air Command	Bhuj Jaisalmer Jamnagar Jodhpur Lohegaon Nal-Bikaner Naliya Phalodi Uttarlai Makarpura

Training Command	Begumpet Bidar Dundigal Hakimpet Yelahanka Belgaum

Maintenance Command	Nagpur Ojhar

Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs)	Daulat Beg Oldi Chushul Fukche Nyoma Thoise Dharasu Vijaynagar Pasighat Mechuka Walong Tuting Ziro Along Tawang

All bases and landing grounds are suffixed with AFS and ALG which means Air Force Station and Advanced Landing Ground respectively. Examples: Pathankot AFS, Fukche ALG

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Fukche

Location

History

Facilities

See also

References