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{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Neyveli Airport<br />
| nativename = நெய்வேலி விமான நிலையம்<br />
| nativename-a = <br />
| image = <br />
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| IATA = NVY<br />
| ICAO = VONY<br />
| type = Public<br />
| owner = NLC India Ltd<br />
| operator = <br />
| city-served = [[Neyveli]], [[Cuddalore]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| location = NLC India Ltd<br />
| elevation-f = 184<br />
| elevation-m = 56<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11|36|49|N|079|31|35|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| pushpin_map = India<br />
| pushpin_relief = <br />
| pushpin_label = VONY<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Neyveli<br />
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| r1-number = 05/23<br />
| r1-length-m = 1200<br />
| r1-length-f = 3937<br />
| r1-surface = Asphalt<br />
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'''Neyveli Airport''' {{Airport codes|NVY|VONY}} is located in [[Neyveli]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The airport is owned by the [[Neyveli Lignite Corporation]] (NLC) and is located at National Highway 45C, adjacent to the NLC township. The airport is spread over 220 acres and has a 3000 square metre apron suitable for one ATR-72 sized aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neyveli Airport Tamil Nadu |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/national-register/Neyveli%20Report.pdf |publisher=[[Airports Authority of India]] |access-date=6 May 2018}}</ref> <br />
[[Vayudoot]] used to operate flights to Chennai Airport with their Dornier Do-228 from here in the 1990s but services were withdrawn after a while.<ref>{{cite news|title= “Ghost” Pondicherry airport to be operational by November|url= https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/120916/ghost-pondicherry-airport-to-be-operational-by-november.html|publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date= 12 September 2016 |access-date=6 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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The [[Airports Authority of India]] is upgrading the airport to enable commencement of commercial flights under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) by the end of 2018. Civil work such as runway re-carpeting, construction of terminal building, etc., have been taken up.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Airports in India}}<br />
{{Transport in Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Airports in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Airports with year of establishment missing]]<br />
[[Category:Cuddalore district]]</div>2409:4072:8E92:D80D:0:0:730B:5C03