Gwalior Airport

Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Airport, Gwalior
A USAF F-15C departing the airport during Cope India 2004
IATA: GWL ICAO: VIGR
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Owner	Indian Air Force
Operator	Indian Air Force/Airports Authority of India
Serves	Gwalior, Morena, Bhind, Datia, Dabra, shivpuri, Jhansi, Dholpur, Agra, Sheopur
Location	Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Time zone	Indian Standard Time (+5:30)
Elevation AMSL	617 ft / 188 m
Coordinates	26°17′36″N 078°13′40″E
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 06L/24R 9,000 2,743 Asphalt 06R/24L 9,000 2,743 Asphalt

Gwalior Airport (IATA: GWL, ICAO: VIGR) is a civil enclave airport at the Maharajpur Air Force Station 10 km north-east of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.It is one of the six airports in Madhya Pradesh and fourth Largest Airport in Madhya Pradesh. The airport is spread over an area of 760 acres. Alliance Air and SpiceJet operate scheduled flight services to and from Gwalior.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Alliance Air	Delhi, Indore
SpiceJet	Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jammu, Kolkata

Structure

The airport is spread over 760.7 acres and the terminal can handle 350 passengers per hour. The 100-by-150-metre (330 ft × 490 ft) apron can handle two Airbus A320 and one small aircraft simultaneously. The Gwalior Air Base is the only operational air force base with two operational parallel runways. The second runway was built in February 2009 and became operational in October 2010.

External links

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