Porbandar Airport
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| Coordinates | 21°38′55″N 069°39′26″E / 21.64861°N 69.65722°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.airportsindia.org.in | ||||||||||
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Porbandar Airport (IATA: PBD, ICAO: VAPR) is a public airport in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. Currently, civilian flights are not operational. Apart from civilian operations it also has a military presence in the form of INAS 343 of the Indian Navy and CGAE Porbandar of the Indian Coast Guard. A new terminal building was opened in April 2008.[1] There are currently no scheduled passenger flights from the airport.
Structure
The airfield is spread over 278.32 acres (1.1263 km2), has a 4,500 feet (1,400 m) long runway and an apron that can accommodate 2 ATR 72 aircraft. The new 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport has been built at a cost of ₹13.50 crore (US$1.7 million). The building has six Check-in Counters and two Conveyor Belts in the Arrivals hall and can handle 100 arriving and 100 departing passengers at a time.[1]
Military Enclaves
- UAVs and has the dual tasks of undertaking operational missions besides providing training.[2]
CGAE Porbandar
Coast Guard Air Enclave, Porbandar, was commissioned on 12 June 2008.
See also
- Indian navy
- Integrated commands and units
- Armed Forces Special Operations Division
- Defence Cyber Agency
- Integrated Defence Staff
- Integrated Space Cell
- Indian Nuclear Command Authority
- Indian Armed Forces
- Special Forces of India
- Other lists
- Strategic Forces Command
- List of Indian Air Force stations
- List of Indian Navy bases
- India's overseas military bases
References
- ^ a b New Terminal Building at Porbandar Airport Press Information Bureau, Government of India
- ^ UAV Squadron Commissioned at Porbandar Archived 6 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Indian NavyPress Release
- ^ "Commissioning of INAS 314 - "RAPTORS"". Indian Navy. 29 November 2019.
- ^ Commissioning of CGAE Porbandar Archived 2 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Indian Coast Guard
- ^ Indian Coast Guard Aviation Archived 31 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Indian Coast Guard