{"id":350000,"date":"2025-11-15T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350000"},"modified":"2025-11-15T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T05:13:53","slug":"mudh-nyoma-airbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mudh-nyoma-airbase\/","title":{"rendered":"Mudh-Nyoma Airbase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; The Chief of the Air Staff inaugurated the Mudh-Nyoma airbase in Ladakh.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_350001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350001\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-350001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mudh-Nyoma-Airbase.png?resize=340%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mudh-Nyoma Airbase\" width=\"340\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mudh-Nyoma-Airbase.png?w=533&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mudh-Nyoma-Airbase.png?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- HT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About Mudh-Nyoma Airbase<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location &amp; Altitude<\/strong>: Situated in Nyoma, Leh district of Ladakh at an altitude of 13,700 feet (4,200 m), making it India\u2019s<em> highest fighter-capable airfield and the fifth highest in the world.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic Proximity<\/strong>: Located 23 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, close to <strong>Pangong Tso, Depsang Plains, and Chushul Valley<\/strong>, providing tactical and logistical advantages for rapid military response and enhanced surveillance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction &amp; Upgrade<\/strong>: Developed and upgraded by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Runway &amp; Infrastructure<\/strong>: Features a 2.7 km rigid pavement runway, along with a new air traffic control complex, hangars, crash bay, and accommodation facilities for personnel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aircraft Capability<\/strong>: Can operate fighter jets (e.g., Sukhoi-30MKI), transport aircraft (e.g., C-17 Globemaster III), helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles, enabling high-altitude operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; The Chief of the Air Staff inaugurated the Mudh-Nyoma airbase in Ladakh. About Mudh-Nyoma Airbase Location &amp; Altitude: Situated in Nyoma, Leh district of Ladakh at an altitude of 13,700 feet (4,200 m), making it India\u2019s highest fighter-capable airfield and the fifth highest in the world. Strategic Proximity: Located 23 km from the Line&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mudh-nyoma-airbase\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mudh-Nyoma Airbase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-350000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}