Sonari Airport

Sonari Airport
Jamshedpur Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator TATA Steel
Serves Jamshedpur, Tatanagar
Location Sonari (Jharkhand)
Elevation AMSL 146 m / 478 ft
Coordinates 22°48′49″N 086°10′5″E / 22.81361°N 86.16806°E / 22.81361; 86.16806Coordinates: 22°48′49″N 086°10′5″E / 22.81361°N 86.16806°E / 22.81361; 86.16806
Map
IXW
Location of the airport in India
IXW
IXW (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 1,222 4,010 Asphalt

Sonari Airport (IATA: IXW, ICAO: VEJS)[1] is a public airport located in Jamshedpur, in the state of Jharkhand, India.

History

The aerodrome, which is spread over 25 acres, first opened in 1940.There are few scheduled flights into this airport, however in the past years, the airport was served by airlines like Kingfisher Red, Kingfisher Airlines and MDLR Airlines which discontinued services due to various reasons despite recording good loads. While MDLR ceased operations due to internal issues, Air Deccan and Kingfisher had to discontinue services in November 2009 after load restrictions were imposed due to the short length of the runway.Since Air Deccan and Kingfisher operated larger ATR 42 and ATR 72 aircraft respectively, operations became unviable. Scheduled flights will start in early 2018 under the government's UDAN scheme[2][3] as Air Deccan re-launched scheduled operations to the airport.

New Airport Plans

Tata Steel has proposed a new airport named Tata steel International airport for the city of Jamshedpur on 600 acres in the Gamharia area. The airport is to have a 7,000 feet long runway and will be able to handle Airbus A320 aircraft .This is not possible at Sonari Airport.[4]This plan was stuck until early 2017 but has since been revived.[5][6]

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the AAI and the Jharkhand government on 20 February 2012 for establishing a new airport in Jamshedpur. The state government will provide land to AAI for developing the airport that will initially support ATR-72 sized aircraft with options for later expansion when air traffic increases.[7] This is old information now no like that any government plans this plan refused.Now government finalize New airport for Jamshedpur in Dalbhumghard there old Runway during second world war so government finalize that Dalbhumghard airstrip will be become of Jamshedpur new airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air DeccanKolkata [8][9](Resumes September 2018) [10]
North East Shuttles Charter: Kolkata

References

  1. ↑ https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airports/IXW
  2. ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170121/jsp/frontpage/story_131551.jsp
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/next-round-of-bidding-under-udan-scheme-likely-in-three-months-says-jayant-sinha/article9688352.ece
  4. ↑ "TATA Steel and TRIL inks JV for Jamshedpur airport". Steelguru.com. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  5. ↑ https://www.avenuemail.in/jamshedpur/international-airport-in-gamharia-stuck-over-land-acquisition-tangle/73217/
  6. ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170518/jsp/jharkhand/story_152094.jsp
  7. ↑ "Jamshedpur, Bokaro to have airports soon; Airports Authority of India signs MoU". The Economic Times. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Air Deccan ordered to commence Jamshedpur Kolkata flight by february 15". indianexpress.com. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. ↑ https://www.airdeccan.co.in/en/about-us/air-deccan
  10. ↑ http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/ranchi/dgca-team-inspects-sonari-aerodrome.html
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