Imphal Airport
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Imphal International Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Manipur | ||||||||||
Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
Serves | Imphal, Manipur | ||||||||||
Location | Tulihal, Imphal, Manipur | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 774 m / 2,540 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°ECoordinates: 24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E | ||||||||||
Website | Imphal Airport | ||||||||||
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Statistics (April 2021 - March 2022) | |||||||||||
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Imphal International Airport[lower-alpha 1] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), formerly known as the Tulihal International Airport[lower-alpha 2] and currently officially renamed as the Bir Tikendrajit International Airport[lower-alpha 3],[4][5] is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second largest and the third-busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala.
Statistics[edit]
See source Wikidata query and sources.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
Airlines | Destinations |
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AirAsia India | Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata |
Air India | Delhi, Dibrugarh,[6] Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata |
Air KBZ | Charter: Mandalay |
Alliance Air | Aizawl,[7] Dimapur, Guwahati,[8] Kolkata, Silchar[9] |
FlyBig | Guwahati, Tezu[10] |
IndiGo | Agartala, Bangalore, Delhi,[11] Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong[12] |
Development[edit]
In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$480 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$100 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[13] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$84 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[14]
The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[15]
Accidents and incidents[edit]
- On 16 August 1991, Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed while on approach to the airport, killing all 69 people on board.[16]
Gallery[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ "Imphal International Airport" is the most common name but not the official name of the airport. It is called so because it is located in the Imphal city of Manipur.
- ↑ "Tulihal International Airport" is named after "Ebudhou Tulihal", a Meitei guardian deity of the area where the airport is located.
- ↑ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport" is named after Bir Tikendrajit (Meitei name: Athouba Koirengsana), a Meitei prince of the Ningthouja dynasty of Manipur Kingdom.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ↑ "Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ↑ "Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ↑ "Renaming of Imphal Int'l Airport evokes reactions; orgs. demand revocation of resolution - Eastern Mirror". easternmirrornagaland.com. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ↑ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport Opposition raised against new name". www.thesangaiexpress.com. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ↑ "Air India domestic service increases from August 2022". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ↑ "Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule". Times Now. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ↑ "Alliance Air Schedule". Alliance Air.
- ↑ "Alliance Air Flags Off Silchar–Imphal Flight Service: 30 Passengers To Reach Destination In 35 Mins". Barak Bulletin. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ↑ "Regional carrier Flybig introduces Guwahati-Tezu-Imphal flight". Business Today. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ↑ "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.
- ↑ "Shillong Airport new flights schedule". Twitter. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ "Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ↑ "Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ↑ "4 Bidders for Imphal Airport's New Terminal Contract". The Metro Rail Guy. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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External links[edit]
- Imphal Airport at the Airports Authority of India
- Pages with graphs
- Bharatpedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Airports in Manipur
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in British India
- Buildings and structures in Imphal
- World War II sites in India
- Transport in Imphal
- Airports with year of establishment missing