Darbhanga Airport

Coordinates: 26°11′41″N 085°55′03″E / 26.19472°N 85.91750°E / 26.19472; 85.91750
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Darbhanga Airport
AMSL
171 ft / 52 m
Coordinates26°11′41″N 085°55′03″E / 26.19472°N 85.91750°E / 26.19472; 85.91750
Map
DBR is located in Bihar
DBR
DBR
Location of airport
DBR is located in India
DBR
DBR
DBR (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,743 9,000 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers526,066 (Decrease 14.3%)
Aircraft movements3,335 (Decrease 20%)
Cargo tonnage418 (Increase 54.3%)
Source: AAI[2][3][4]
Mithila painting at Darbhanga Airport
Apron area of the airport

Darbhanga Airport (

Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, and the then Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu, in the presence of the State Civil Aviation Minister, Jayant Sinha, on 24 December 2018.[5] After efforts taken by the then Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri.[6]
Commercial flights started on 8 November 2020.

History

This airport was built by

Douglas DC3
aircraft. Darbhanga Aviation was started in 1950 and became defunct in 1962.[7] During the 1962 Indo-China War, the airport was acquired by the Indian Air Force.[8]

Structure

Airport Authority of India built an Interim Terminal Building, a taxi track, and the apron area. The runway was strengthened to handle the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 and a pre-fabricated building was erected to serve as a temporary terminal building.[9] The government of India had sanctioned approximately ₹100 crores for these projects.[10] On 16 Feb 2021 one Apron of 167 mt X 62mt was made operational. This Apron can accommodate Two B737-800/A320 at a time making the landing of planes smoother. Earlier due to the lack of parking space, airplanes had to wait in the sky.[11]
The terminal has six check-in counters, and a capacity to handle 200 peak hour passengers. A car parking facility has a capacity of 30 cars. [12]

UDAN Scheme

In January 2018,

Bengaluru and Mumbai, under the Government's Regional Connectivity Scheme called UDAN.[13][14]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
IndiGo Hyderabad, Kolkata[15]
SpiceJet[16] Ayodhya,[17] Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at DBR airport. See Wikidata query.

Passenger, Aircraft Movement, and Cargo at Darbhanga Airport (2021-2022)

Year Passengers Change Aircraft Movement Change Cargo (MT) Change Ref
2021–22 619,948
center
 4,350
center
 96
center
 [18]

Future

The

NH-27 is being considered by the AAI.[20] Darbhanga MP, Gopal Jee Thakur met Jayant Sinha and later Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and demanded to name the airport as Mahakavi Kokil Vidyapati Airport.[21][22] This was also suggested by Jayant Sinha at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of the current passenger terminal, by naming the airport after famous Maithili poet, Vidyapati.[5]

As of March 2023, the Government of Bihar has acquired 24 acres of land for the runway expansion and another 54 acres for the construction of a new permanent terminal, while the remaining 24 acres for installation of Instrument Landing System (ILS) to facilitate night landing has been acquired and is under-construction, which will be completed by mid-2023.[23][24][19]

      • Tender floated for Phase 1 of the Permanent Terminal Building of Darbhanga Airport. Estimated cost is ₹631.71 Crores on 30 November 2023.

(Development of New Civil Enclave at Darbhanga, Bihar. SH:- Construction of New Terminal Building, Allied Structure and External Development works on Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) Model. Region / Airport : Eastern Region/Darbhanga Last Sale Date : 18-Jan-2024 17:00Department : Engineering)

(Reference: https://www.aai.aero/en/tender/tender-search?field_region_tid=All&field_airport_tid=All&term_node_tid_depth=All&field_tender_status_value=All&field_tender_last_sale_date_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&combine=darbhanga)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Information Paper" (PDF). icao.int. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Foundation of civil enclave laid at Darbhanga airport". The Times of India. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Bookings for daily flights from Darbhanga to start by month end: Hardeep S Puri". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Darbhanga Aviation history from India, Rest of World". Airline History. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  8. ^ "First President's royal flight in '62". The Times of India. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  9. ^ "SpiceJet: Indigo and SpiceJet express interest in operating flights from Darbhanga | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Flight operations from Darbhanga from mid-2019, AAI at work | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 September 2018.
  11. ^ Airports Authority of India [@AAI_Official] (16 February 2021). "To strengthen airports ops and to accommodate two B737-800/A320 at a time, #AAI's Darbhanga @aaidarairport is ready with a new 167 mt X 62mt apron, with a connecting taxiway and connecting road. The new apron has put in use from today onwards. #ProvidingTheBest https://t.co/MoIT84NF8l" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 16 February 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Darbhanga airport: CM Nitish Kumar lays foundation for civil enclave". Hindustan Times. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  13. ^ "SpiceJet to start operations on UDAN 2 routes from April-end". Financial Express. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Indigo and SpiceJet express interest in operating flights from Darbhanga". The Times of India. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018.
  15. ^ "IndiGo Airlines to start flights from Darbhanga on July 5". www.jagran.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  16. ^ "SpiceJet Flight Schedule". SpiceJet. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  17. ^ "SpiceJet to launch flights to Darbhanga, Jaipur and Patna from Ayodhya effective February 1". AviationAll. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  18. ^ "AAI Traffic News 2021-2022". www.aai.aero. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  19. ^ a b Rumi, Faryal (7 March 2023). "Govt transfers land to AAI for Darbhanga airport development". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Story". Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Darbhanga MP meets PM Modi; demands renaming of airport". Hindustan Times. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  22. ^ "Passengers at Bihar's Darbhanga airport struggle without transport at entry gate". Hindustan Times. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  23. ^ "Govt acquires 24 acres for Bihar's Darbhanga airport runway expansion: Official". Hindustan Times. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Bihar hands over another 24 acres of land to upgrade Darbhanga airport". 19 October 2022.

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