Bhuj Airport
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Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
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Serves | AMSL 257 ft / 78 m | | |||||||||
Coordinates | 23°17′16″N 069°40′13″E / 23.28778°N 69.67028°E | ||||||||||
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Bhuj Airport (
It is situated at an altitude of 257 feet (78 m) and occupies a total area of 832 acres (337 ha).[4] It is located 100 miles (160 km) from the Indo-Pakistan border.[5]
The airport was previously made up of two
History
The airstrip was destroyed in the
Infrastructure
The airport has a single terminal that handles all arrivals and departures.[10] The terminal can handle 350 passengers at a time.[11] The airport has 71,920 square feet (6,682 m2) area on the ground floor and 14,880 square feet (1,382 m2) on the first floor. It has two boarding gates and has the capacity for up to 200 people arriving and 200 people departing. There are four check-in counters and one security counter. There is one entry gate and three x-ray baggage scanner provided by the AAI.[4]
The airport can handle aircraft up to the size of an Airbus A320 family , while the apron can accommodate two Boeing 737- 800 aircraft at the same time.[11] There is also a permanent helipad located at Bhuj Airport.[12]
Renaming
In 2005, then Member of Parliament from Kutch,
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air India | Mumbai[14] |
Alliance Air | Mumbai |
Ahmedabad |
Statistics
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Accidents and incidents
The airport was damaged in the
The original
See also
References
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Technical Information-Bhuj". Airports Authority of India. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Burns, John (4 February 2001). "The Quake's Silent Ally: A Hidebound Bureaucracy". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ ISBN 9780784475065.
- ISBN 9788179910030.
- ISBN 978-81-7211-082-6.
- ^ "Women rebuilt Bhuj airstrip destroyed in '71 Pak attack". The Times of India. Bhuj. 25 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Bhuj Airport Information". Jet Airways. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Cruising Heights" (PDF). Chapter 34. Airports Authority of India. April 2011. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Co-Ordinates of various helipad -Kutch Helipad". Directorate of Civil Aviation, Government of Gujarat. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ a b Kaushik, Himanshu (5 November 2005). "Row over renaming of Bhuj airport". The Times of India. Ahmedabad. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Air India to launch Mumbai-Bhuj flights from March 1". JetArena. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Terror attacks will hinder peace initiative: Advani". The Times of India. Bhuj. 4 September 2003. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Jain, Sonu (1 February 2001). "How three men control India's busiest airport this week". The Indian Express. Bhuj. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ R, Venkatesh; Praveen Swami (3 February 2001). "THE KILLER EARTHQUAKE". Frontline. Ahmedabad. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "INDIAN AIR FORCE : TOUCHING THE SKY WITH GLORY". Press Information Bureau. 8 October 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2014.