Fukche


Fukche Advanced Landing Ground is an airfield in the Demchok sector of the union territory of Ladakh, India. It was built shortly after the 1962 Sino-Indian War and was revived in 2008.

Location

The Fukche Landing Ground is located at a distance of 2.5 kilometers of the Line of Actual Control between India and China in Indian union territory of Ladakh, near the junction of the Koyul Lungpa river with the Indus River.
There is an unmetalled road from Fukche to Demchok, 34 km southeast at the southern tip of the Indian-controlled Demchok sector.

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 transport aircraft of the Indian Airforce successfully landed on the airfield.

Facilities

The airfield has an unpaved gravelly runway of 2 miles length. It accommodates small transport aircraft, meant for inducting or recycling troops at the border.