Description

Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe Airport is a public use airport located 2 km southwest of Leh, a town in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is one of the highest airports in the world at an elevation of 3,256 m (10,682 ft) above mean sea level.

Climatology

Dry desert climate (Köppen climate classification Bwk) with hot, very dry summers and cold winters with very little snow.