page_title: Poonch Airport
hierarchical_section_title: Poonch Airport
caption_attribution_description: English: Dakotas seen on Poonch airfield, December 1947, during the Indo-Pakistani War 1947.
context_page_description: Poonch Airport is an airport located in Poonch, India. Though no scheduled flights operate from Poonch, in 2005, then Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad made a suggestion to Air Deccan that they start flying small aircraft to Poonch. The then Chairman of Air Deccan, Captain Gopinath said that Air Deccan would consider flying helicopters to Poonch.
context_section_description: Poonch Airport (also known as Poonch Airstrip) is an airport located in Poonch, India. Though no scheduled flights operate from Poonch, in 2005, then Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad made a suggestion to Air Deccan that they start flying small aircraft to Poonch. The then Chairman of Air Deccan, Captain Gopinath said that Air Deccan would consider flying helicopters to Poonch.
caption: Refugees awaiting evacuation by air on Poonch airstrip, with a RIAF Dacota in the background. c. December 1947
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