Maharana Pratap Airport

Maharana Pratap International Airport
महाराणा प्रताप हवाई अड्डा
Mahārāṇā Pratāp Havāī Aḍḍā
IATA: UDR – ICAO: VAUD
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Udaipur
Elevation AMSL 1,684 ft / 513 m
Coordinates 24°37′04″N 073°53′46″E / 24.61778°N 73.89611°E / 24.61778; 73.89611
Website www.airportsindia.org.in
Map
UDR
UDR

Location of airport in Rajasthan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
Statistics (2015-2016)
Passenger movements 711,187(Increase55.3)
Aircraft movements 5,061
Cargo tonnage 39
Source: AAI,[1]

Maharana Pratap international Airport[2] or Udaipur Airport or Dabok Airport (IATA: UDR, ICAO: VAUD) is a commercial domestic airport at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is situated 22 km (14 mi) east of Udaipur.

The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana (ruler) of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India. The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008. [3]

Structure

Udaipur Airport is spread over 504 acres.[2] The airport has one asphalt runway, oriented 08/26, 9000 feet/ 2743 metres long and 45 metres wide. Its 250 by 150 metre apron provides parking space for 3 Boeing 737s or Airbus A320 aircraft at a time. The new terminal building, measuring 2500 sq. metres, was constructed at a cost of ₹80 Crores. The terminal has two boarding gates, 4 Check-in counters and can handle 600 passengers during peak hours. The airport is equipped with modern navigational and landing aids like DME/VOR and NDB. Runway 26 is equipped with a CAT-I Instrument Landing System. [4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air IndiaDelhi, Mumbai
IndiGoDelhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata,
Jet AirwaysDelhi, Mumbai
SpiceJetDelhi, Jaipur, Mumbai
Supreme AirlinesJaipur

Scenes from the movie The Darjeeling Limited were shot here.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TRAFFIC STATISTICS - DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS" (jsp). Aai.aero. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Airport website". Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Udaipur airport readied in time for Praful's daughter's wedding". Times of India. 19 Feb 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Airport website, Tech info". Retrieved 29 November 2011.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Udaipur Airport.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.