 It is located within 2.5 kilometers of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China in Indian union territory of Ladakh, at position 32° 56' 15 North 79° 12' 48 East.There is an unmetalled road to Demchok, 34 km to the southeast at the southern tip of the Indian-controlled Demchok sector.The airfield had been out of use after the 1962 Sino-Indian war.