Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | |||||||||||
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LGB International Airport, Guwahati | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Assam | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Guwahati | ||||||||||
Location | Borjhar | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 49 m / 162 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°ECoordinates: 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E | ||||||||||
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Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (IATA: GAU, ICAO: VEGT), also known as Guwahati International Airport and formerly as 'Borjhar Airport', is the primary international airport of the North-Eastern States of India. It is located at Borjhar, 26 km (16 mi) from Dispur, the capital city of the state of Assam and 28 km (18 mi) from Guwahati and is named after Late Gopinath Bordoloi, a freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Assam after India's independence. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as an Indian Air Force base. There are plans to expand it with two more aerobridges in the pipeline. A new hangar was constructed to facilitate overnight parking of aircraft. The new terminal will come up with a area of 90,000 square meters in 2021. The airport covers an area of 656 acres.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Airlines | Destinations |
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AirAsia India | Bangalore, Delhi, Imphal, Kolkata[4] |
Air India | Bangalore, Delhi, Imphal, Kolkata |
Alliance Air | Kolkata, Lilabari, Pasighat, Tezpur |
Druk Air | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Paro, Singapore |
GoAir | Bagdogra, Delhi, Kolkata |
IndiGo | Agartala, Amritsar(Begins 29 October 2018) [5], Bagdogra, Bangalore, Chennai, Bhubaneswar(Begins 28 October 2018)[5], Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kochi (Begins 15 November 2018)[5], Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Varanasi (Begins 29 October 2018)[5] |
Jet Airways | Ahmedabad (Begins 29 October 2018), Aizawl, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Delhi, Imphal, Jorhat, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Silchar |
SpiceJet | Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pakyong (Begins 16 October 2018),[6] Patna(Begins 10 October 2018), Silchar |
Vistara | Bagdogra, Delhi |
See also
References
- ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-II" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ PTI @moneycontrolcom. "AirAsia India adds 18th plane, to expand services from Kolkata". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- 1 2 3 4 "IndiGo introduces direct flights from Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Kochi, Varanasi to Guwahati." NENow. Accessed 8 October 2018.
- ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/sikkim-flight-from-oct-4-256141?ref=calcutta-new-stry
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport. |
- Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Airports Authority of India website.
- Airport information for VEGT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Accident history for GAU at Aviation Safety Network