Kota Airport
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Coordinates | 25°09′36.39″N 075°50′44.27″E / 25.1601083°N 75.8456306°E | ||||||||||
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Kota Airport (IATA: KTU, ICAO: VIKO) is a domestic airport in Kota in the state of Rajasthan, India.
History
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Current status
Since 1997, there have been no scheduled operations at this airport,
Development of Greenfield airport at Kota: The representative of Rajasthan Government intimated that runway length of Existing Kota Airport is only 4000 ft., which restricts flight operations under RCS. A new Greenfield Airport is to be constructed in Kota. State Government has earmarked required land for this purpose. State Government has provided Meteorological Information of past 10 years and AAI has carried out pre- feasibility survey & provided its report to the State Government. Further, AAI has been requested twice to carry out Site and OLS Survey and to provide further course of action to be taken by the State Government, which is awaited. Directions need to be issued to AAI for early completion of the same. For development of Greenfield airport at Kota, 1250 Acres of land has to be acquired by the State Government and handed over to AAI for development of New Greenfield Airport.
References
- ^ a b "Indian Air Farce". The Indian Express. 16 January 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "Airports fail to lure airlines". The Times of India. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "Coaching classes may spur flights to Kota". The Times of India. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2012.