Sindhudurg Airport

Coordinates: 16°00′00″N 73°32′00″E / 16.00000°N 73.53333°E / 16.00000; 73.53333
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Sindhudurg Airport
  • AMSL
203 ft / 62 m
Coordinates16°00′00″N 73°32′00″E / 16.00000°N 73.53333°E / 16.00000; 73.53333
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SDW is located in Maharashtra
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Location of the airport in Maharashtra
SDW is located in India
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SDW (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2022 - March 2023)
Passengers28,014 (Increase 43.2%)
Aircraft movements610 (Increase 64.9%)
Cargo tonnage—
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Sindhudurg Airport (

Maharastra, India. It is located at Chipi-Parule in Vengurla taluka, located 21 km (13 mi) from the nearest city of Malvan and 31 km (19 mi) from Sindhudurg. Construction was completed by the second half of 2018 and a test flight from Mumbai landed on 12 September 2018 on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.[4] The airport was formally inaugurated on 5 March 2019. Currently, Alliance Air is the only airline operating flights from Mumbai. Commercial flights started at the airport from 9 October 2021.[5]
Fly91 has started operation in February 2024 with a flight to and from Bengaluru.

History

IRB Infrastructure won the bid to develop the airport in 2009 for a concession period of 95 years.[6] The project received environmental clearance in March 2012.[7] Work on the airport was completed in the second half of 2013,[8] and was expected to be completed by August 2014, but had been delayed for years because of issues in acquiring private land, among others.[9]

After overcoming a series of delays, the airport was finally ready and launched civilian operations on 9 October 2021.

Hyderabad
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Structure

The airport was built by IRB Sindhudurg Airport Pvt. Ltd. on a

Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. The airport terminal building can handle 200 departing and 200 arriving passengers during peak hours.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Alliance Air Mumbai
Fly91 Bangalore, Hyderabad[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF). aai.aero. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Maharashtra's Sindhudurg Airport may begin regular operations soon! First 'test flight' to land on Sep 12". Financial Express. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Successful test flight lands at Sindhudurg Airport". Press Information Bureau. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. ^ "IRB Infra wins Sindhudurg airport bid". MoneyControl. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  7. ^ "IRB Infra's Sindhudurg airport gets environmental clearance". CNBC-TV18. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  8. Daily News & Analysis
    . 8 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  9. Daily News & Analysis
    . 23 March 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Work on Chipi airport takes off". The Times of India. 14 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Development Greenfield Airport in Sindhudurg District". IRB Infra. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Regional airline FLY91 to start commercial flights from March 18 – Details inside". The Financial Express. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Flight Schedule" (PDF). Fly91. Retrieved 12 March 2024.


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