Bokaro Airport
Bokaro Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | SAIL | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bokaro Steel City | ||||||||||
| Location | Bokaro, (Jharkhand) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 218 m / 715 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°38′36″N 86°08′56″E / 23.64333°N 86.14889°E | ||||||||||
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  VEBK Location of the airport in Jharkhand  VEBK VEBK (India) | |||||||||||
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Bokaro Airport (ICAO: VEBK) is a private airport owned by SAIL and located in Bokaro Steel City, in the state of Jharkhand, India.[2] There are no scheduled flights to the airport at the moment. The airport was included in the UDAN regional connectivity scheme[3][4][5]and its expansion is underway to facilitate scheduled operations. [6][7][8][9][10]
References
- ^ "Airport codes BOKARO". airportsbase.org.
- ^ Pioneer, The. "UDAN flights from Bokaro soon". The Pioneer.
- ^ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ "UDAN-4 eyes flights in hilly areas, islands, NE, Ayodhya - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "UDAN: How steel giant SAIL's tie-up with Airports Authority of India will help in air connectivity development". 23 April 2018.
- ^ "5,000 trees to be felled for Bokaro airport upgrade | Ranchi News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Pioneer, The. "Bokaro Airport readies for commercial flights". The Pioneer.
- ^ "India announces second round of UDAN routes". ch-aviation.
- ^ Pioneer, The. "Glider flying training facility kicks-off at Bokaro". The Pioneer.
- ^ "Jharkand's Bokaro steel city becomes 1st small city airport to get AAI's mobile ATC tower". www.timesnownews.com.