Halwara International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Halwara, Punjab (India)

IATA: HWR ICAO: VIHX

Longest Active Runway

10,007 ft

3,050 meters

Field Elevation

790 ft

241 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

30.7485°, 75.6298°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #542 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#899 of 7558

Top 12.0% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (India)

tied #22 of 26 in IN

same length as CNN · #26 of 153 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+0.1%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 HWR in numbers: 10,007 ft longest runway · tied #542 of 650 published · #899 of 7,558 worldwide (top 12.0%) · tied #22 in India.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

HWR lies at 241 m (790 ft), #221 of 650 published airports by elevation and 61.3 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 192 ft above the India median (598 ft, 26 airports); SXR is highest at 5,429 ft, 4,639 ft higher than HWR.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

4 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

Closest of 4 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbours within 100 NM: Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport (IXC), 60 NM, 12,467 ft. Next: ATQ 71.8 NM, LHE 78.3 NM, HSS 94 NM. IXC has the radius's longest runway, 2,460 ft more than HWR.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,007 ft (3,050 m)

HWR runway: 13/31 10,007 × 148 ft permanent paved (pem). National standing: tied #22 of 26 in India with CNN at 10,007 ft; DEL leads by 4,527 ft (14,534 ft). +0.1% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
13/31	10,007 ft (3050 m / 3.050 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Permanent Paved (PEM)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport (Chandigarh)	`IXC`	60 NM (111.1 km)	12,467 ft	✅ Lighted
Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport (Amritsar)	`ATQ`	71.8 NM (133 km)	12,000 ft	✅ Lighted
Allama Iqbal International Airport (Lahore)	`LHE`	78.3 NM (145 km)	11,024 ft	✅ Lighted
Maharaja Agrasen International Airport (Hisar)	`HSS`	94 NM (174.1 km)	10,236 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →