Vijayawada Airport

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Vijayawada Airport

విజయవాడ విమానాశ్రయము
IATA: VGA – ICAO: VOBZ
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Vijayawada
Location Vijayawada
Elevation AMSL 82 ft / 25 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 7,900 2,408 Asphalt
Vijayawada Airport
Location of Vijayawada Airport
in
Coordinates 16°32′00″N 80°48′00″E / 16.5333°N 80.8000°E / 16.5333; 80.8000Coordinates: 16°32′00″N 80°48′00″E / 16.5333°N 80.8000°E / 16.5333; 80.8000
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)

Vijayawada Airport (IATA: VGA, ICAO: VOBZ) (Telugu:విజయవాడ విమానాశ్రయము) is located in Gannavaram at Vijayawada in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.This airport is connected with major metro cities of India like New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Vishakapatnam, Chennai, Mangalore.Currently Air India, Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways and spicejet operating there flights from this airport. Some more airlines has a plan to start there services from Vijayawada Airport. The first Low Fare flight is introduced in India from this Vijayawada Airport to Hyderabad by Air Deccan.

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

Passenger
Airlines Destinations
Air India Delhi, Hyderabad
Jet Airways Bangalore. Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam
Kingfisher Airlines Bangalore, Hyderabad
Spicejet Hyderabad
Cargo
Airlines Destinations
Kingfisher Xpress Ahmadabad,Bangalore

[edit] New Destinations

A service between Vijayawada and Mumbai via Hyderbad is being considered by Jet airways and a direct Service from Vijayawada to Vishakapatnam and Chennai proposed by Air India after getting good response from the passengers of its first Service Vijayawada to New Delhi by Air Bus 319. Jet Airways operating Boeing 737 from Vijayawada to Bangalore via Hyderabad

[edit] Passenger Numbers

Usually around 800 to 1000 passengers travel from Vijayawada airport daily to and from Hyderabad,Bangalore and Delhi

[edit] Expansion of Airport

The new terminal building and airport extension are in progress. Extending the runway from 7,900ft to 10000ft and Night landing Facility etc.,

[edit] Accidents and incidents

  • On 28 August 1980, Vickers Viscount VT-DJC of Huns Air was damaged beyond economic repair when the nosewheel collapsed after the aircraft bounced three times on landing.[1]

[edit] Sources

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800828-0. Retrieved 8 October 2009. 

[edit] External links
International
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Ahmedabad: Sardar Patel Airport • Amritsar: Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee Airport (Raja Sansi)¹ • Bangalore: Bengaluru Airport (Devanahalli) • Chennai (Madras): Chennai Airport (Meenambakkam) • Coimbatore Airport (Peelamedu)¹ • Delhi: Indira Gandhi Airport (Palam) • Gaya Airport¹ • Goa: Dabolim Airport¹ • Guwahati: Gopinath Bordoloi Airport (Borjhar)¹ • Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi Airport (Shamshabad) • Jaipur: Sanganer Airport¹ • Kochi (Cochin): Cochin Airport (Nedumbassery) • Kolkata (Calcutta): Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (Dum Dum) • Kozhikode (Calicut): Calicut Airport (Karipur) • Lucknow: Amausi Airport¹ • Mangalore Airport (Bajpe)¹ • Mumbai (Bombay): Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (Sahar) • Nagpur: Babasaheb Ambedkar Airport (Sonegaon)¹ • Pune Airport (Lohegaon)¹ • Siliguri: Bagdogra Airport¹ • Srinagar: Sheikh ul Alam Airport¹ • Trichy: Tiruchirapalli Airport¹ • Trivandrum Airport • Varanasi (Benares): Babatpur Airport¹

  • Note: ¹ Designated as a "restricted international airport" ("customs airport"); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports.
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