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	{{Short description\|Domestic airport in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India}}		{{Short description\|Domestic airport in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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	{{Infobox airport		{{Infobox airport
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	\| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=traffic news Mar2K19Annex3 pdf \|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf \|access-date=7 January ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=traffic-news Mar2K19Annex2 pdf \|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf \|website=www.aai.aero \|access-date=7 January ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=traffic news Mar2K19Annex3 pdf \|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf \|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=traffic-news Mar2K19Annex2 pdf \|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf \|website=www.aai.aero \|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>
	\| image = File:Agra Airport image.png		\| image = File:Agra Airport image.png
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	'''Agra Airport''' (proposed to rename as '''Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport'''<ref name="name">{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-airports-and-the-name-game-1351357-2018-09-27\|title=Indian airports and the name game\|work=[[India Today]]\|date=27 September 2018\|access-date=21 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>)<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/indigo-announces-new-flight-between-agra-and-bangalore-check-schedule-fare-and-other-details/1814844/lite/\| title=IndiGo announces new flight between Agra and Bangalore!\| work=Financial Express\| date=8 January ~~2022~~}}</ref> {{airport codes\|AGR\|VIAG}} is a military [[airbase]] and public [[airport]] serving the city of [[Agra]], in the [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. The air force station is one of the largest airbases of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) and has been synonymous with the [[Taj Mahal]] for over half a century.{{clarify\|date=January ~~2022~~}} On 15 August 2007, the airbase celebrated its sixtieth anniversary.		'''Agra Airport''' (proposed to rename as '''Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport'''<ref name="name">{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-airports-and-the-name-game-1351357-2018-09-27\|title=Indian airports and the name game\|work=[[India Today]]\|date=27 September 2018\|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref>)<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/indigo-announces-new-flight-between-agra-and-bangalore-check-schedule-fare-and-other-details/1814844/lite/\| title=IndiGo announces new flight between Agra and Bangalore!\| work=Financial Express\| date=8 January 2020}}</ref> {{airport codes\|AGR\|VIAG}} is a military [[airbase]] and public [[airport]] serving the city of [[Agra]], in the [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. The air force station is one of the largest airbases of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) and has been synonymous with the [[Taj Mahal]] for over half a century.{{clarify\|date=January 2020}} On 15 August 2007, the airbase celebrated its sixtieth anniversary.

	==History==		==History==

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	{{Short description\|~~Airport~~ in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India}}		{{Short description\|Domestic airport in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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	{{Use Indian English\|date=August ~~2018~~}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=August 2022}}
	{{Infobox airport		{{Infobox airport
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	\| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage		\| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
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	\| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=traffic news Mar2K19Annex3 pdf \|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf \|access-date=7 January ~~2020~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=traffic-news Mar2K19Annex2 pdf \|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf \|website=www.aai.aero \|access-date=7 January ~~2020~~}}</ref>		\| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=traffic news Mar2K19Annex3 pdf \|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf \|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=traffic-news Mar2K19Annex2 pdf \|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf \|website=www.aai.aero \|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>
	\| image = File:Agra Airport image.png		\| image = File:Agra Airport image.png
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	'''Agra Airport''' (proposed to rename as '''Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport'''<ref name="name">{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-airports-and-the-name-game-1351357-2018-09-27\|title=Indian airports and the name game\|work=[[India Today]]\|date=27 September 2018\|access-date=21 December ~~2018~~}}</ref>)<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/indigo-announces-new-flight-between-agra-and-bangalore-check-schedule-fare-and-other-details/1814844/lite/\| title=IndiGo announces new flight between Agra and Bangalore!\| work=Financial Express\| date=8 January ~~2020~~}}</ref> {{airport codes\|AGR\|VIAG}} is a military [[airbase]] and public [[airport]] serving the city of [[Agra]], in the [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. The air force station is one of the largest airbases of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) and has been synonymous with the [[Taj Mahal]] for over half a century.{{clarify\|date=January ~~2020~~}} On 15 August 2007, the airbase celebrated its sixtieth anniversary.		'''Agra Airport''' (proposed to rename as '''Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport'''<ref name="name">{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-airports-and-the-name-game-1351357-2018-09-27\|title=Indian airports and the name game\|work=[[India Today]]\|date=27 September 2018\|access-date=21 December 2022}}</ref>)<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/indigo-announces-new-flight-between-agra-and-bangalore-check-schedule-fare-and-other-details/1814844/lite/\| title=IndiGo announces new flight between Agra and Bangalore!\| work=Financial Express\| date=8 January 2022}}</ref> {{airport codes\|AGR\|VIAG}} is a military [[airbase]] and public [[airport]] serving the city of [[Agra]], in the [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. The air force station is one of the largest airbases of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) and has been synonymous with the [[Taj Mahal]] for over half a century.{{clarify\|date=January 2022}} On 15 August 2007, the airbase celebrated its sixtieth anniversary.

	==History==		==History==
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	==Airlines and destinations==		==Airlines and destinations==
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{{Short description|Airport in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Agra Airport
| IATA = AGR
| ICAO = VIAG
| type = Civil Enclave
| owner =
| operator = {{nowrap|[[Indian Air Force]] /<br />[[Airports Authority of India]]}}
| location = [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| elevation-f = 551
| elevation-m = 167.94
| coordinates = {{coord|27.1618309|77.9707261|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = India Uttar Pradesh#India
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label = '''AGR'''
| pushpin_mark = Airplane_silhouette.svg
| r1-number = 05/23
| r1-length-f = 9,000
| r1-length-m = 2,743
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
| metric-rwy =
| r2-number = 12/30
| r2-length-f = 5,964
| r2-length-m = 1,818
| r2-surface = Concrete
| stat-year = April 2018 - March 2019
| stat1-header = Passenger movement
| stat1-data = 22,995({{increase}}67.7%)
| stat2-header = Aircraft movement
| stat2-data = 724 ({{increase}}60.2%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data =
| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web |title=traffic news Mar2K19Annex3 pdf |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=traffic-news Mar2K19Annex2 pdf |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf |website=www.aai.aero |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>
| image = File:Agra Airport image.png
}}
'''Agra Airport''' (proposed to rename as '''Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport'''<ref name="name">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-airports-and-the-name-game-1351357-2018-09-27|title=Indian airports and the name game|work=[[India Today]]|date=27 September 2018|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref>)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/indigo-announces-new-flight-between-agra-and-bangalore-check-schedule-fare-and-other-details/1814844/lite/| title=IndiGo announces new flight between Agra and Bangalore!| work=Financial Express| date=8 January 2020}}</ref> {{airport codes|AGR|VIAG}} is a military [[airbase]] and public [[airport]] serving the city of [[Agra]], in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. The air force station is one of the largest airbases of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) and has been synonymous with the [[Taj Mahal]] for over half a century.{{clarify|date=January 2020}} On 15 August 2007, the airbase celebrated its sixtieth anniversary.

==History==
The station was opened during World War II as Royal Air Forces Station Agra and had a number of flying units located there. It was closed after the war and transferred to the Royal Indian Air Force. The prefix Royal was later dropped and the station was later renamed. Air Force Station Agra was established on 15 August 1947 and placed under the command of Wing Commander Shivdev Singh, who was the incumbent commander of the No. 12 Sqn. Based on the then present system of Commands, the airfield fell under the responsibility of the [[Western Air Command]] (WAC). The base remained under this Theatre Command for the next two decades. In July 1971 it was transferred to the [[Central Air Command]] (CAC), where it remains today.

During its sixty-year history with the IAF, it has seen the likes of [[C-47 Dakota]]s, [[C-119|C-119 Packets]], [[HS 748|HS 748 'Avros']], [[AN-12]]s, [[AN-32]]s, [[IL-76]]s, Canberras, [[Ilyushin Il-78#Variants|IL-78 MKI]] and now the [[Beriev A-50|Airborne Early Warning and Control/AWACS]].

The station now has the honour of holding the first [[inflight refueling]] aircraft Squadron in IAF service, with No 78 ‘Mid Air Refuelling Squadron’ (MARS) Squadron flying the IL-78MKIs.

During [[World War II]], the [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Air Technical Service Command]] established a major maintenance and supply facility at Agra, named "Agra Air Depot". The 3rd Air Depot Group serviced a wide variety of fighter, bomber and transport aircraft being used by [[Tenth Air Force]] and the Allied ground forces in [[Burma]] and [[Fourteenth Air Force]] in [[China]]. The depot stockpiled large amounts of material for shipment over the [[Himalayan Mountains]] ("The Hump") by [[Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)|Air Transport Command]] cargo aircraft flying to [[forward airfield]]s in China. It also was a major stopover point on the ATC [[Karachi]]-[[Kunming]] air transport route.<ref>[http://airforcehistoryindex.org/search.php?q=Agra&c=u&h=100&F=1%2F1%2F1940&L=1%2F1%2F1950 USAFHRA Document Search Agra Air Depot]</ref> The airport is mentioned in a chapter in [[Ernest Gann]]'s [[Fate Is the Hunter]], wherein he relays a story of coming with feet of destroying the Taj Mahal in a severely overloaded C-87 after takeoff.<ref>Fate is the Hunter, Ernest K Gann, Simon & Schuster, 1961</ref>

==Developments==
[[No. 50 Squadron IAF]] has been tasked with the operations of the newly inducted [[Beriev A-50]]E/I [[Airborne Early Warning and Control]] (AWACS) aircraft. The AWACS has been mounted on a specially designed IL-76 with advanced avionics & telecommunication systems.

==Airlines and destinations==
{{Airport-dest-list

|[[Air India]]|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Dabolim Airport|Goa]]

|{{nowrap|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]}}| [[Jaipur International Airport|Jaipur]]

|[[IndiGo]]| [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/agra/ahmedabad-agra-flight-service-will-start-on-29th-march|title=Ahmedabad-Agra flight starts from March 29, IndiGo starts booking|work=Amar Ujala|accessdate=19 March 2021}}</ref> [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]],<ref name="IndiGo new flights"/> [[Raja Bhoj Airport|Bhopal]],<ref name="IndiGo new flights">{{cite web|url=https://www.goindigo.in/direct-flights.html?linkNav=direct-flights_header|title=Direct Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo|website=www.goindigo.in}}</ref> [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/agra/agra-to-mumbai-flight-from-29-march-2021-latest-news|title=IndiGo to start flying between Mumbai-Agra-Mumbai|work=Amar Ujala|accessdate=12 March 2021}}</ref>

}}

==See also==
* [[List of airports in India]]
* [[List of the busiest airports in India]]
* [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport|Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport]]

==References==
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
{{reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080927013138/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Special/AirfieldVisits/ "Airfield Visits"]. ''Bharat-Rakshak.com''. 2008.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090922005117/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200809221552.htm "Indo-US air force transport exercise at Agra next year"]. ''The Hindu''. 22 September 2008.
*[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/centres-vested-interests-preventing-airport-in-agra-says-akhilesh-yadav/1/660923.html "Centre's vested interests preventing airport in Agra, says Akhilesh Yadav"]. ''India Today''. 7 May 2016.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090805061947/http://www.airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/agra_generalinfo.jsp Agra Airport] at the [[Airports Authority of India]]
* {{NWS-current|VIAG}}
* {{ASN|AGR|Agra-Kheria Airport, India (AGR / VIAG)}}

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