Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

2021-10-01T00:00:49Z

103.222.22.7:

{{short description|International airport serving Guwahati, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport
| nativename = 
| image = Guwahati Airport check-in counters 4.jpg
| image-width = 250px
| IATA = GAU
| ICAO = VEGT
| type = Civil Enclave
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| operator = Adani Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport Limited
| city-served = [[Guwahati]]
| location = [[Borjhar]]
| hub =
| focus_city = <div>
* [[SpiceJet]]
* [[IndiGo]]
* [[Air India]]
* [[Air Asia]]</div>
| metric-elev = yes
| elevation-m = 49
| elevation-f = 162
| coordinates = {{coord|26|06|22|N|091|35|09|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/guwahati}}
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_label = '''GAU'''
| metric-rwy = yes
| r1-number = 02/20
| r1-length-m = 3,110
| r1-length-f = 10,200
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
| stat-year = April 2020– March 2021
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 2,189,135({{decrease}}59.9)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 23,442({{decrease}}48.5%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 15,951({{decrease}}25.0%)
| footnotes = Source: [[Airport Authority of India|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III - Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex3.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex2.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex4.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
}}

'''Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport''' {{airport codes|GAU|VEGT}}, also known as '''Guwahati Airport''' and formerly as 'Borjhar Airport', is the primary [[airport]] of the [[Northeast India|North-Eastern states]] of India. It is the 11th busiest airport in India. It is located at [[Borjhar]], 26 km (16 mi) from [[Dispur]], the capital city of the state of Assam and 28 km (18 mi) from [[Guwahati]] and is named after Late [[Gopinath Bordoloi]], a freedom fighter and the first Chief Minister of Assam after India's independence. The airport is managed by [[Airports Authority of India]] and also serves as an [[Indian Air Force]] base.

==History==
[[File:Guwahati Airport security check area.jpg|thumb|Domestic security check area of the airport]]
[[File:Guwahati Airport boarding gates.jpg|thumb|Boarding gates of the airport]]
The airport has undergone numerous expansions and renovations since its establishment in 1958. It handled more than 3.7 million passengers in 2017, an increase of 36% from 2016.
The LGB Airport has witnessed annual traffic of over 23% in 2018–19 with a total footfall of 5.7 million passengers and 55,066 aircraft movements in the same period.
The existing terminal building at the airport has a maximum handling capacity of 850 arrival/departure passengers an hour.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/chief-minister-sarbananda-sonowal-flags-off-guwahati-bangkok-flight/articleshow/71240238.cms?from=mdr |title=Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flags off Guwahati-Bangkok flight |newspaper=Economic Times |date=22 September 2019| author= Bikash Singh}}</ref>

In 2002, the first international flight operated by Air India from Guwahati to Bangkok, using an [[Airbus A310]] aircraft, becoming the first international airport in the [[Northeast India|North-East region]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Guwahati joins international air route {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Guwahati-joins-international-air-route/articleshow/5884951.cms |access-date=21 August 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=4 April 2002 |language=en}}</ref><ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Guwahati-joins-international-air-route/articleshow/5884951.cms</ref> However, the flight was withdrawn due to poor passenger load.

In January 2019, Guwahati won bids for two international destinations under the [[UDAN]] scheme, destinations being most anticipated [[Dhaka Airport|Dhaka]] and [[Don Mueang Airport|Bangkok-Don Mueang]].

===Privatisation===
In February 2019, the airport has been privatised and given on lease for 50 years to [[Adani Group]] at highest bid of Rs. 160 per passenger.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/adani-group-emerges-highest-bidder-for-guwahati-airport/articleshow/68168565.cms?from=mdr |title=Adani Group emerges highest bidder for Guwahati airport|newspaper=Economic Times|date=26 February 2019}}</ref>

==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=GAU}}

==Airlines and destinations==
===Passenger===


{{Airport-dest-list

|{{nowrap|[[AirAsia India]]}}|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Imphal Airport|Imphal]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]

|[[Air India]]| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Dimapur Airport|Dimapur]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Imphal Airport|Imphal]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Lilabari Airport|Lilabari]]

|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]|[[Dimapur Airport|Dimapur]], [[Imphal International Airport|Imphal]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Pasighat Airport|Pasighat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/alliance-air.html|title=Alliance Air Schedule|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>

|[[FlyBig]]|[[Dibrugarh Airport|Dibrugarh]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Pasighat Airport|Pasighat]], [[Rupsi Airport|Rupsi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Air connectivity boost under UDAN! Rupsi Airport in Assam to start operations from Saturday|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/airlines-aviation/air-connectivity-boost-under-udan-rupsi-airport-in-assam-to-start-operations-from-saturday/2247794/|website=www.financialexpress.com|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>

|[[Go First (airline)|Go First]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Budget airline GoAir rebrands as Go First|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/budget-airline-goair-rebrands-as-go-first/article34552775.ece}}</ref>| [[Lengpui Airport|Aizawl]], [[Bagdogra Airport|Bagdogra]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]]

|[[IndiGo]]|[[Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport|Agartala]], [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Lengpui Airport|Aizawl]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/indigo-to-launch-direct-flights-from-guwahati-to-aizawl-and-varanasi.html|title=IndiGo to launch direct flights from Guwahati to Aizawl and Varanasi|work=NorthEast Now|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> [[Bagdogra Airport|Bagdogra]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Dibrugarh Airport|Dibrugarh]], [[Dabolim Airport|Goa]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Imphal Airport|Imphal]], [[Jaipur International Airport|Jaipur]], [[Jorhat Airport|Jorhat]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport|Lucknow]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Silchar Airport|Silchar]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport|Varanasi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/indigo-to-launch-direct-flights-from-guwahati-to-aizawl-and-varanasi.html|title=IndiGo to launch direct flights from Guwahati to Aizawl and Varanasi|work=NorthEast Now|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>

|[[SpiceJet]]| [[Bagdogra Airport|Bagdogra]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Jaipur International Airport|Jaipur]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Jay Prakash Narayan Airport|Patna]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/spicejet-to-commence-guwahati-patna-service-in-mar-2020-981854|title=SpiceJet to commence Guwahati-Patna service in Mar-2020|work=CAPA|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> [[Pune International Airport|Pune]], [[Silchar Airport|Silchar]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport|Varanasi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=SpiceJet schedule|url=https://www.spicejet.com/schedules}}</ref>

|[[Vistara]]| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Vistara Flight Shedule|url=https://www.airvistara.com/lk/en/flightschedule|website=www.airvistara.com|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Vistara Flight Shedule|url=https://www.airvistara.com/lk/en/flightschedule|website=www.airvistara.com|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Cargo===
{{Airport-dest-list
|{{nowrap|[[SpiceJet|SpiceXpress]]}}| [[Hong Kong International Airport|Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aircargonews.net/news/airline/freighter-operator/single-view/news/spicejet-continues-cargo-expansion-with-hong-kong-guwahati-freighter.html|title=SG(GAU-HKG) Cargo|access-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122043939/https://www.aircargonews.net/news/airline/freighter-operator/single-view/news/spicejet-continues-cargo-expansion-with-hong-kong-guwahati-freighter.html|archive-date=22 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Airports in India]]
* [[List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/guwahati Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport] at [[Airports Authority of India]] website.
* {{ASN|GAU}}
{{Adani Group}}
{{Portalbar|India|Aviation}}
{{Airports in India}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Transport in Guwahati]]
[[Category:Airports in Assam]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force bases]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Assam]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1958]]

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