Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport

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Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
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IATA: IDR – ICAO: VAID
IDR is located in India
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IDR
Location of airport in India
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Location Indore, India
Elevation AMSL 1,850 ft / 564 m
Coordinates 22°43′18″N 75°48′03″E / 22.72167°N 75.80083°E / 22.72167; 75.80083
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 9,022 2,750 Composite
Statistics (Apr'10 - Mar'11)
Passenger movements 877,479
Aircraft movements 11,726
Source: AAI [1][2]

Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport (IATA: IDR, ICAO: VAID) is a public airport that principally serves Indore, the largest city of the central Indian state Madhya Pradesh. It is the busiest airport in the state of and is located 8 km south east of Indore. According to the statistics released by the Airports Authority of India, the agency responsible for the airport, it is the 20th.[3] busiest airport in India. A new international terminal building has started its operation on Feb. 14 ,2012 and the runway is being extended as a part of the expansion plan or the airport.

The airport is named after Ahilyabai Holkar (or Ahilya Bai Holkar), ruler of Indore and the adjoining regions from 1767 to 1795.

Since 2008, seasonal Haj charters also operate from Indore.

Contents

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air India Bhopal, Delhi, Mumbai
Jet Airways Ahmedabad, Bangalore [begins 25 March], Chandigarh, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jodhpur [begins 25 March], Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Visakhapatnam
JetLite Banglore [ends 24 March], Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur
IndiGo Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Srinagar
SpiceJet Bhopal, Delhi, Hyderabad

[edit] Image gallery

  • Front Porch at Indore Airport.

  • Indore Airport.

  • Jet Lite Boeing 737 at Indore Airport

  • New integrated International terminal under construction

  • Holker Airport Terminal

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex2.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k11annex3.pdf
  3. ^ [1], AAI Traffic News.

[edit] External links
 
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Indian Air Force
Indian Navy
  • ^1 Designated as a "restricted international airport" ("customs airport"); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports.
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