Airport Leh

Airport Leh

Airport Leh
Leh - Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport is an important regional airport in the northernmost Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. Regular scheduled flights are operated to the capital Delhi, from here further connections are available.
  • Time zone: GMT 5.5
  • Service telephone: +91 91 1982 530-43
  • Address: Leh - Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, Leh, Jammu & Kashmir, Republic of India
  • Operating company: Airports Authority of India (AAI)
  • Parking: The airport is about 6 km or 4 miles south west of Leh on the main road to Pitok.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.11%), Tuesday (13.49%), Wednesday (14.58%), Thursday (12.86%), Friday (14.48%), Saturday (15.47%), Sunday (15.00%)
  • Alternative spelling: Лех, レー (ラダック), लेह, ലേ, লেহ, લેહ, 列城

Most popular destinations from Leh (Flights per week )

  1. Airport Delhi-Indira Gandhi (97, 70,29 %)
  2. Airport Chandigarh (19, 13,77 %)
  3. Airport Jammu (12, 8,70 %)
  4. other (7.25 %)

Top airlines (percentage of departures and arrivals)

  1. Go First (110, 38,60 %)
  2. IndiGo Airlines (63, 22,11 %)
  3. Air India (46, 16,14 %)
  4. Spicejet (24, 8,42 %)
  5. Vistara (4, 1,40 %)
  6. other (13.33 %)

Location
The airport is at 3256 meters or 10682 ft above sea level and therefore one of the highest civilian airports in the world, it is about 5.5 km or 3 miles southwest of Leh, adjacent to the highway to Pitok. A shuttle bus is not available. Please use a taxi for the onward journey.