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Harihar Airport

Coordinates: 14°32′06″N 75°47′13″E / 14.535°N 75.787°E / 14.535; 75.787
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Harihar Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorGrasim Industries Ltd.(Harihar Polyfibers and Grasiline Division)
ServesHarihar
Elevation AMSL533 m / 1,750 ft
Coordinates14°32′06″N 75°47′13″E / 14.535°N 75.787°E / 14.535; 75.787
Map
VO52 is located in Karnataka
VO52
VO52
VO52 is located in India
VO52
VO52
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,491 4,893 Asphalt

Harihar Airport (ICAO: VO52) is the small private airport serving harihar, a city in the Karnataka state of India. The airport served as an air strip for private charter service.[1][2]

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 12 May 2005, then Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, the Deputy Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, the Revenue Minister, M.P. Prakash, escape from a possible accident while landing at the Harihar polyfibres airstrip. Pilot of the private aircraft told the senior executives of Harihar Polifibres that there was a ditch in the runway and the aircraft bumped owing to uneven surface.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Harihar Airport Jet Charter Service - VO52 Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Charter Jets
  2. ^ Harihar Airport Our Airports - Megginson Technologies Ltd.
  3. ^ A miraculous escape for Dharam Singh? The Hindu, India's National Newspaper