Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport
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Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport | |||||||||||
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AMSL 374 m / 1,227 ft | | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°10′55″N 077°19′07″E / 19.18194°N 77.31861°E | ||||||||||
Website | Nanded Airport | ||||||||||
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Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport
History
The airport was built in 1958 by the Public Works Department.[1] However, it remained underdeveloped for many years, being served only for a short while by regional carrier Vayudoot in the early 1990s. In April 2000, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) took over the development and maintenance of the airport.[6]
To push development and trade in the
Air India and TruJet were the only two airlines who operated from the airport to four destinations–Amritsar, Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad since 2018, before both of them shutting down operations indefinitely in February 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and TruJet's bankruptcy in February 2022. Since then, the airport remained inoperative for three years,[9] when in July 2023, three airlines, Star Air, Fly91 and TruJet announced to connect the airport with new destinations, such as Jalandhar, Bangalore, Jalgaon, Sindhudurg, Pune, Goa and Hyderabad under the UDAN Scheme, by the end of 2023.[10][11]
Structure
While the new terminal building, capable of handling 300 passengers at peak hours, featured six
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation awarded a provisional aerodrome licence to Nanded Airport in the public use category on 5 April 2010, and a permanent licence on 1 October 2010.
Passenger traffic at Nanded Airport in FY 2011 Q2 increased to almost 5,700 per month from 3,000 in the previous quarter.[13]
Airlines and destinations
Until January 2020,
Airlines | Destinations |
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Star Air[16] | Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Jalandhar[15] |
Statistics
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
See also
- Reliance Infrastructure
- Latur Airport
- Baramati Airport
- Osmanabad Airport
- Yavatmal airport
References
- ^ a b "Airstrips in Maharashtra". Maharashtra Public Works Department. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport Official website".
- ^ "M.I.D.C." Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- Indian Express. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Reliance Airport gets five projects on lease". The Times of India. 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Operations–Flight Information–Nanded Airport". Nanded Airport (Press release). Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ a b Kaur, Deepkamal (30 July 2023). "Spicejet, Star Air to launch flights from Adampur to 5 destinations". The Tribune. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Newest airline FLY91 gets routes under UDAN Scheme". The Economic Times. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Airport Website". Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Q2 FY11 Results" (PDF). Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Air India Introduces Direct Amritsar-Nanded Flight". Ndtv.com. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ a b Star Air [@OfficialStarAir] (14 March 2024). "NDC-BLR, Hindon Daily flights starting March 31st" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Flight Schedule". Star Air. Retrieved 17 March 2024.