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INS Kohassa (ICAO: VODX) is an Indian naval air station under the Andaman and Nicobar Command of the Indian Armed Forces. It is located at Shibpur, a village located on North Andaman Island.




History


INS Kohassa was established as Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur in 2001 as a Forward Operating Air Base (FOAB) for enhanced surveillance in North Andaman. Presently, Dornier 228 aircraft and HAL Chetak helicopters of the navy and the Indian Coast Guard land at Shibpur once in a week, on their transit for surveillance of North Andaman Islands. In addition, the Indian Air Force operates its Dornier aircraft between Port Blair and Diglipur every Thursday for courier duties. In 2009, the government of India accorded sanction to commission NAS Shibpur as a full-fledged air station. The length of the runway is being extended to 12,000 ft and will enable day and night operations.
Dornier 228s of the navy and coast guard conducted search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from this base.
In 2017, it was reported that the runway length would be extended to 3000m after acquisition of about 100 hectares of land. This will enable the operation of wide-bodied civil and defense flights. The station, earlier known as NAS Shibpur, was renamed as INS Kohassa after the extension of facilities in January 2019.




See also


Indian navy
List of Indian Navy bases
List of active Indian Navy ships
Integrated commands and units
Armed Forces Special Operations Division
Defence Cyber Agency
Integrated Defence Staff
Integrated Space Cell
Indian Nuclear Command Authority
Indian Armed Forces
Special Forces of India
Other lists
Strategic Forces Command
List of Indian Air Force stations
List of Indian Navy bases
India's overseas military bases




References

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• Bandar Udara Internasional Kempegowda
• Bandar Udara Internasional Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Bandar Udara Internasional Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
• Bandar Udara Internasional Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi
• Bandar Udara Varanasi
• Bandar Udara Internasional Veer Savarkar
• Bandar Udara Madurai
• Bandar Udara Internasional Raja Sansi
• Bandar Udara Internasional Coimbatore
• Bandar Udara Juhu
• INS Kohassa
• INS Rajali
• INS Hansa
• List of Indian Navy bases
• Andaman and Nicobar Command
• INS Dega
• Dholera International Airport
• List of airports in Rajasthan
• List of airports in Punjab, India
• INS Parundu