Hosur Aerodrome
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| Coordinates | 12°39′40″N 077°46′01″E / 12.66111°N 77.76694°E | ||||||||||
| Website | http://www.taalaerodrome.com | ||||||||||
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Hosur Aerodrome is an aerodrome located in the Belagondapalli suburb, 10 Kilometres southwest of Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India.
The airfield is owned by Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Limited (TAAL), established in 1994 as the first private sector company to manufacture
General Aviation aircraft in India.[citation needed] TAAL uses the airfield for its Aircraft Manufacturing, Sales, and MRO businesses. This aerodrome is approved and licensed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation under the private use category.[1] The aerodrome complex also houses MRO facilities of Air Works India[2]
and widebody aircraft painting facilities of Air Livery.[3]
Many Indian carriers notably AirAsia India, post-merger) to Hosur for repainting into the new livery launched by the Tata Group. [citation needed
]
Structure
Hosur Aerodrome has one asphalt
Bengaluru; approach control to aircraft is provided by ATC in Bengaluru and terminal advisory control is provided by Hosur ATC. [citation needed
]
Navigational aids at Hosur include
PAPI lights and an Aerodrome beacon. It has aprons measuring 110 × 90 and 110 × 80 meters for jet aircraft and another one measuring 40 × 19 meters for Turboprop and light aircraft.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register of Airports" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "AirWorks website". Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Air Livery website". Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "TAAL website". Retrieved 21 January 2012.