Imphal Airport

Imphal Airport
Imphal Airport
	IATA: IMF; ICAO: VEIM;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Public Government of Manipur
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Imphal, Manipur
Location	Imphal, Manipur, India
Elevation AMSL	774 m / 2,540 ft
Coordinates	24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E
Map
	IMF IMF
Runways
Statistics (April 2019 - January 2020)
Passenger movements	1,285,860(0.7%)
Aircraft movements	9,912(1.0%)
Cargo tonnage	7,860 (24.0%)
	Source: AAI[1][2] [3]

Imphal Airport (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), also known Bir Tikendrajit Airport, is a domestic upgraded new international airport located 7 km. south of Imphal, the capital of Manipur state in India. It is the second largest airport in northeastern India after Guwahati Airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia India	Agartala, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata
Air India	Aizawl, Delhi, Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata
Air KBZ	Charter: Mandalay
Alliance Air	Dimapur, Guwahati
IndiGo	Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Dibrugarh,[4] Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mangalore

Development

In June 2019, AAI implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$480 million) projects for the up-gradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$100 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Bir Tikendrajit International Airport.[5] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$84 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays and link taxiways, a new air traffic control tower and a control and technical block.[6]

Incidents and accidents

On 16 August 1991, Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed while on approach to the airport, killing all 69 people on board.[7]

References

"Traffic News for the month of March 2020: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 22 May 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
"Traffic News for the month of March 2020: Annexure-II" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 22 May 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
"Traffic News for the month of March 2020: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 22 May 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2020. url-status=live
"New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.
"Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
"Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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[traffic_stats1-1] "Traffic News for the month of March 2020: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 22 May 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[traffic_stats2-2] "Traffic News for the month of March 2020: Annexure-II" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 22 May 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[traffic_stats3-3] "Traffic News for the month of March 2020: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 22 May 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2020. url-status=live

[4] "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.

[5] "Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[TH1-6] "Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[7] Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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