Who issues NOC height clearance for Civil and Defence airports?

The Airports Authority of India issues   the No Objection Certificate on behalf of Central Government in respect  of All Civil  Aerodromes in India  including  the  State  Government  aerodromes   and  the  Private aerodromes where civil commercial flights are operating as listed at Annexure IIIA of SO84 (E).

For  Defence  Aerodromes,  No  Objection  Certificate  for  height  clearance  is  issued  by  respective  defence authorities, in accordance with the notification and subject to any other restriction or condition which such authorities deemed fit.

Some of the Defence Authorities are:

•Indian Air Force
•Indian Navy
•Indian Coast Guard
 •Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

A  list  of  Civil   and  Defence  airports  has   been  provided  in  the  SO84  (E).   However, the revised list of the airports may be accessed at AAI website