Along (Aalo) Airport (IXV) in Arunachal Pradesh has no civil passenger terminal and no scheduled commercial flights, so there are no passenger smoking facilities.
Current Status
Along — the town is officially named Aalo, in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh — has a small hill airstrip rather than a working passenger airport. The state government handed the airstrip over to the Ministry of Defence in June 2009, and the Indian Air Force has operated it since. The single asphalt runway runs about 1,120 metres at roughly 900 feet elevation, suited to military and light aircraft. There is no departure hall, no check-in area, no airside zone, and no designated smoking zone of any kind.
Plans for a Civil Airport
A civil enclave at the airstrip and, later, a greenfield airport for Along have both been proposed. The Airports Authority of India assessed the site and flagged the surrounding hill obstacles, and a fresh survey for a future civil airport took place in 2025. As of 2026 nothing is built or operating for commercial passengers, and no opening date has been announced.
Nearest Airports With Flights
Travellers heading to Aalo normally fly into Pasighat Airport (IXT), the closest airfield with scheduled regional service, where the smoking spots are outdoors by the terminal entrance. Itanagar’s Donyi Polo Airport and Dibrugarh in Assam are the larger alternatives with more daily flights into the region.
If you find yourself near the Along airfield and choose to smoke, do so in the open air well away from any building and other people. E-cigarettes and vapes are banned everywhere in India under the PECA 2019 law.
For India airport smoking rules, the PECA vape ban, lighter-machine instructions, and other rules, see our India smoking guide.