Veer Savarkar International Airport

Veer Savarkar International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Opened 20 January 2005
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 4 m / 14 ft
Coordinates 11°38′28″N 092°43′47″E / 11.64111°N 92.72972°E / 11.64111; 92.72972Coordinates: 11°38′28″N 092°43′47″E / 11.64111°N 92.72972°E / 11.64111; 92.72972
Map
IXZ
IXZ
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,290 10,795 Asphalt
Statistics (Apr 2015- Mar 2016)
Passenger movements 1,118,539(Increase32.22%)
Aircraft movements 9,642(Increase14.1%)
Cargo tonnage 3,046(Increase13.4%)
Source: AAI[1]

Veer Savarkar International Airport also known as Port Blair Airport (IATA: IXZ, ICAO: VOPB), is a customs airport located 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Port Blair and is the main airport of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. It is named after Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. It operates as a civil enclave, sharing airside facilities with INS Utkrosh of the Indian Navy. [2]

Overview

The airport has a single runway of 3,290 m (10,794 ft) in length, accommodating most narrow-body aircraft, that includes Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Boeing 737. Restricted Area Permits for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are available on entry. Except for the civilian terminal operated by the Airports Authority of India, all other air traffic operations over Port Blair are undertaken by the Indian Navy.[3]

There is only one terminal with 2 gates and no aerobridges. Buses are used to provide transportation from the terminal to the aircraft parked on the apron. In 2009, construction work commenced to expand the apron.

New terminal

Port Blair Airport runway from Jogger's park, Port Blair.

A new terminal building is under construction and is scheduled for commissioning by March 2018. The AAI had initially projected a requirement of 26 acres of land for construction of the new terminal building. The local administration reduced it to almost 19 acres, 10.60 acres of which has been acquired from the Andaman & Nicobar Administration, 4.72 acres is from the Indian Navy, and the remaining 3.39 acres is yet to be acquired.[2]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air IndiaChennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam
GoAirBangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai
IndiGo Bangalore (begins 15 November 2018), [4] Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata
SpiceJetChennai, Delhi, Kolkata
VistaraChennai,[5] Delhi, Kolkata

References

  1. ↑ "TRAFFIC STATISTICS - DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS". Aai.aero. Archived from the original (jsp) on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "New Terminal Building at Port Blair Airport by March 2018". Press Information Bureau. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Andaman & Nicobar Command: Saga of Synergy". Sainik Samachar. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "IndiGo new flights". goindigo.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  5. ↑ "Vistara adds Chennai service from Feb 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

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