Archive · 21 Nov 2025
India's Nyoma Airbase: World's Highest Fighter-Capable Airfield
India has opened Nyoma Airbase, the world's highest airfield for fighter jets, near the border with China.
It's been upgraded to help protect the country's northern region.
Nyoma Airbase is the world's highest fighter-capable airfield at 13,700 feet
Spread across 1,235 acres, it's just 50 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC)
Inaugurated on November 12, 2022, by Air Chief Marshal A P Singh
Upgraded with a 2.7 km runway, hardened aircraft shelters, and high-altitude fuel storage
Capable of hosting fighter jets like MKI, Rafale, MiG-29UPG, and large transport aircraft
- Who
- Air Chief Marshal A P Singh
- What
- Inaugurated Nyoma Airbase
- When
- November 12, 2022
- Where
- Nyoma, Ladakh, India
- Why
- To strengthen India's defense capabilities in the region
- Elevation
- 13,700 feet
- Size
- 1,235 acres
- Distance from LAC
- 50 km
- Runway length
- 2.7 km
- Hosted aircraft
- MKI, Rafale, MiG-29UPG, C-130J, C-17