Rajkot Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Rajkot | ||||||||||
| Location | Rajkot, Gujarat, India | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 135 m / 443 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°18′33″N 070°46′46″E / 22.30917°N 70.77944°E | ||||||||||
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Rajkot Airport (IATA: RAJ, ICAO: VARK) is a public airport located at Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Rajkot Airport is the 4th busiest airport in Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. Daily flights are operated by Air india and SpiceJet. Rajkot Airport has parking apron for one Boeing 737 and one ATR 72, with the terminal having capacity for only 125 people. The airport is located 3 km East of Rajkot.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air India | Delhi, Mumbai |
| SpiceJet | Delhi, Mumbai |
Modernisation plans
Rajkot Urban Development Authority and Rajkot Municipal Corporation have proposed a plan to extend Rajkot airport runway from current 5,400 feet (1,600 m) to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) to accommodate larger aircraft and to provide connectivity to major cities besides Mumbai to cater to a large demand from the manufacturing companies located in Rajkot. The airport now suffers from considerable capacity restraints, due to the expansion of the city and because of the residential and commercial buildings which have been built around it – this renders the plan to extend the runway unfeasible. The present strip is incapable of serving aircraft larger than Airbus 320 family/Boeing 737-800 (which is the largest aircraft operating from the airport). As such, plans for an entirely new airport has been approved.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Rajkot Greenfield Airport at Hirasar held on 7 October 2017.[4]This is located on Ahmedabad-Rajkot national highway about 20kms from Rajkot. Work is in progress & this new international airport is expected to be operational by 2022.
As of 2020, Rajkot airport runway is extended by 100 meters and additional bays are being constructed to park more aircraft due to increase in passenger traffic. Work has been slow due to COVID-19 and new carriers like Indigo airlines are showing interest in starting new flights from Rajkot soon.
References
- ^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2019: Annexure-III" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2019: Annexure-II" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Traffic News for the month of March 2018: Annexure-IV" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 1 May 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Narendra Modi in Gujarat: PM presides over 'bhumi pujan' of greenfield airport at Hirasar near Rajkot". Firstpost. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
External links
Media related to Rajkot Airport at Wikimedia Commons- Rajkot Airport at the Airports Authority of India
