Bareilly Airport

Coordinates: 28°25′20″N 079°27′03″E / 28.42222°N 79.45083°E / 28.42222; 79.45083
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Bareilly Airport
AMSL
578 ft / 176 m
Coordinates28°25′20″N 079°27′03″E / 28.42222°N 79.45083°E / 28.42222; 79.45083
Map
BEK is located in Uttar Pradesh
BEK
BEK
BEK is located in India
BEK
BEK
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 10,400 3,170 Concrete/ Asphalt
Statistics (April 2022 - March 2023)
Passengers1,42,102 (Increase 37.1%)
Aircraft movements2,970 (Increase 37.1%)
Cargo tonnage—
Source: AAI[2][3][4]

Bareilly Airport (IATA: BEK, ICAO: VIBY) is a domestic airport serving Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India at Indian Air Force's Trishul Air Base in Izzatnagar, located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north from the city centre.

History

The

Gujarat
.

Terminals

Terminal 1

The airport's first passenger terminal to begin commercial operations was inaugurated by the state civil aviation minister,

Nand Gopal Nandi, and Union Minister, Santosh Gangwar
, on 10 March 2019, at the air force base.

The terminal building covers an area of 2,500 square meters, and can handle 150 passengers (75 arrival, 75 departure) during peak hours. Its new 

apron, measuring 95×100 metres, provides parking space for two ATR-72 type aircraft at a time, as per IMG norms, and has a parking facility for ,250 cars.[10]

Terminal 2

A new terminal building, next to the first terminal towards north, was inaugurated on 8 March 2021, as part of the airport expansion project. It is spread over 3,020 square metres and has a capacity to accommodate over 300 passengers. It has two baggage conveyor belts and six check-in counters.The dimension of Link Taxiway will be 835 m x 18 m . The new apron for parking of three Airbus A321 type aircraft.[a] The total cost of these works is around ₹ 70 crore.[12]

Trishul Air Force Base, Bareilly

Trishul Air Force Base, Bareilly, one of the

Foxbat spyplanes capable of flying up to 80,000 feet (24,000 m).[13][14][15] Its underground hangar is considered one of Asia's largest.[16]

Airlines and destinations

Check in counters
AirlinesDestinations
Alliance Air Delhi
IndiGoBangalore, Jaipur,[17] Mumbai

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at BEK airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Both the terminals have new apron for parking three Airbus A321 type aircraft.[11]

References

  1. ^ Khan, Maria (5 March 2021). "Inaugural flight at UP's Bareilly airport on March 8". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. ^ "UP: Bareilly likely to get airport by 2017". Hindustan Times. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Civil airport project pending awaiting state govt order". The Times of India. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Bareilly airport". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Civilian flights from city may be delayed as IAF seeks changes in taxiway plan". The Times of India. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Taxiway gets nod, flights to start before Holi: DM". The Times of India. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme" (PDF). aai.aero (Press release). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme" (PDF). aai.aero (Press release). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly Airport to begin operations under RCS-UDAN scheme" (PDF). aai.aero (Press release). 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  13. ^ "The MIGnificient Flying Machines". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  14. ^ Records of the Geological Survey of India. Vol. 128, Part 2.
  15. ISBN 981256828X
    . Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Bareilly Air Force Station–Quick Facts". www.indiamapped.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  17. ^ "INDIGO 1H23 DOMESTIC ROUTES ADDITION SUMMARY – 05MAR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

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