Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
LGB International Airport, Guwahati
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Assam
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Guwahati
Location Borjhar
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 49 m / 162 ft
Coordinates 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583Coordinates: 26°06′22″N 091°35′09″E / 26.10611°N 91.58583°E / 26.10611; 91.58583
Website www.aai.aero/en/airports/guwahati
Map
GAU
GAU
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 3,110 10,200 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2017 - March 2018)
Passengers 4,668,053 (Increase23.2%)
Aircraft movements 41,172 (Increase8.7%)
Cargo tonnage 22,345 (Increase29.3%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

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

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia IndiaBangalore, Delhi, Imphal, Kolkata[4]
Air IndiaBangalore, Delhi, Imphal, Kolkata
Alliance AirKolkata, Lilabari, Pasighat, Tezpur
Druk AirBangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Paro, Singapore
GoAirBagdogra, Delhi, Kolkata
IndiGoAgartala, 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
VistaraBagdogra, Delhi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-II" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. ↑ PTI @moneycontrolcom. "AirAsia India adds 18th plane, to expand services from Kolkata". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "IndiGo introduces direct flights from Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Kochi, Varanasi to Guwahati." NENow. Accessed 8 October 2018.
  6. ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/sikkim-flight-from-oct-4-256141?ref=calcutta-new-stry
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