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	{{short description\|~~Airport~~ in Gujarat, India}}		{{short description\|Domestic airport in Gandhidham, Gujarat, India}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~June 2016~~}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2025}}
	{{Use Indian English\|date=~~June 2016~~}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=April 2025}}
	{{Infobox airport		{{Infobox airport
	\| name = Kandla Airport		\| name = Kandla Airport
	\| image = Kandla Airport building.jpg		\| image = Kandla Airport building.jpg
	\| image-width =		\| image-width =
	\| caption = ~~The Kandla Airport building~~		\| caption =
	\| IATA = IXY		\| IATA = IXY
	\| ICAO = VAKE		\| ICAO = VAKE
	\| pushpin_map = India Gujarat #India		\| pushpin_map = India Gujarat #India
	~~\| pushpin_relief = 1~~		\| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Gujarat
	\| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in ~~India~~
	\| pushpin_label = '''IXY'''		\| pushpin_label = '''IXY'''
	\| pushpin_label_position = right		\| pushpin_label_position = right
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	\| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]		\| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
	\| owner-oper =		\| owner-oper =
	\| city-served = [[Kandla]] - [[Anjar, Gujarat~~\|Anjar~~]]		\| city-served = [[Kandla]], [[Gandhidham]]
			\| location = Anjar, Gandhidham, [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
	\| elevation-f = 96		\| elevation-f = 96
	\| elevation-m = 29		\| elevation-m = 29
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|23\|06\|46\|N\|070\|06\|01\|E\|type:airport}}		\| coordinates = {{coord\|23\|06\|46\|N\|070\|06\|01\|E\|type:airport}}
	\| website =		\| website = [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/kandla Kandla Airport]
	\| metric-rwy =		\| metric-rwy =
	\| r1-number = 05/23		\| r1-number = 05/23
	\| r1-length-f = 4,997		\| r1-length-f = 4,997
	\| r1-length-m = 1,523		\| r1-length-m = 1,523
	\| r1-surface = Concrete		\| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
	\| footnotes =		\| stat-year = April 2024 – March 2025
			\| stat1-header = Passengers
			\| stat1-data = 48,408 ({{decrease}} 39.9%)
			\| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
			\| stat2-data = 822 ({{decrease}} 37.3%)
			\| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
			\| stat3-data = —
			\| footnotes = Source: [[Airports Authority of India\|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=Annexure III – Passenger Data\|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex3.pdf\|website=aai.aero\|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data\|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex2.pdf\|website=aai.aero\|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data\|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k25Annex4.pdf\|website=aai.aero\|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref>
	}}		}}

	'''Kandla Airport''' {{Airport codes\|IXY\|VAKE}} is ~~located north~~ of [[Kandla]] and ~~Varsamedi Village~~ [[~~Anjar, Gujarat\|Anjar~~]] in ~~the~~ [[~~Kutch District~~]] ~~of the state of~~ [[~~Gujarat~~]], ~~India~~.		'''Kandla Airport''' {{Airport codes\|IXY\|VAKE}} is a [[domestic airport]] serving the cities of [[Kandla]] and [[Gandhidham]] in [[Gujarat, India\|Gujarat]], [[India]]. It is located in Anjar, {{cvt\|20\|km}} northwest of Kandla and {{cvt\|7.5\|km}} northwest of Gandhidham.

	==History==		==History==
	The airport was built in the late 1950s. [[Indian Airlines]] commenced passenger operations in 1960 using their [[~~HS748\|Avro~~]] aircraft and was followed by [[Vayudoot]]. [[Gujarat Airways]] also used to operate flights to Mumbai until 1999.<ref name="ie05">{{cite news\|title=Indian Air Farce\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/62777/\|access-date=29 February 2012\|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=16 January 2005}}</ref> After a gap of seven years, commercial services resumed ~~again~~ in October 2006 with [[Air Deccan]] operating daily services ~~between~~ Mumbai ~~and Kandla~~ using ATR aircraft<ref>{{cite news\|title=Air Deccan connects yet another unconnected sector – brings Kandla into the aviation map\|url=http://peanuts.aero/low_cost_airline_news/airline/186/59/Air+Deccan+connects+yet+another+unconnected+sector+%26ndash%3B+brings+Kandla+into+the+aviation+map\|access-date=29 February 2012\|newspaper=Peanuts! Online\|date=4 October 2006}}</ref> ~~until the airline ceased operations in 2012. Spicejet~~ commenced service again in July 2017 using Bombardier Q400 aircraft.		The airport was built in the late 1950s. [[Indian Airlines]] commenced passenger operations by deploying [[Douglas DC-3]] aircraft, and later in 1960 using their [[Fokker F-27 Friendship]] aircraft and by [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748]] aircraft, and was also followed by [[Vayudoot]]. [[Gujarat Airways]] also used to operate flights to [[Mumbai]] until the airline ceased operations in 1999.<ref name="ie05">{{cite news\|title=Indian Air Farce\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/62777/\|access-date=29 February 2012\|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]\|date=16 January 2005}}</ref> After a gap of seven years, commercial services resumed in October 2006 with [[Air Deccan]] operating daily services to Mumbai, using an [[ATR-72]] aircraft, until the airline ceased operations in 2012.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Air Deccan connects yet another unconnected sector – brings Kandla into the aviation map\|url=http://peanuts.aero/low_cost_airline_news/airline/186/59/Air+Deccan+connects+yet+another+unconnected+sector+%26ndash%3B+brings+Kandla+into+the+aviation+map\|access-date=29 February 2012\|newspaper=Peanuts! Online\|date=4 October 2006\|archive-date=25 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725003726/http://peanuts.aero/low_cost_airline_news/airline/186/59/Air+Deccan+connects+yet+another+unconnected+sector+%26ndash%3B+brings+Kandla+into+the+aviation+map\|url-status=dead}}</ref> After five years, [[SpiceJet]] commenced service again in July 2017 using the [[Bombardier Q400]] aircraft to Mumbai, and to [[Delhi]] from 2018.

	==~~Structure~~==		==Notable people==
	The airport is spread over an area of 268.2 acres and has a terminal building capable of handling 100 passengers at a time. Its [[airport ramp\|apron]] measuring 90 m x 60 m has two parking bays for ATR aircraft. The airport has navigational facilities and landing aids like [[Non-directional beacon\|NDB]] and [[Precision Approach Path Indicator\|PAPI]].		Farhan Memon is a poet and Lyricist who works in Bollywood and Gujarati Movies born in Anjar Kutch. He wrote lyrics for many hit songs including 'Rang Dariya' from movie CHEHRE Starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi. He worked at Kandla Airport several years. <ref>https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/stirred-not-shaken--the-perfect-cocktail/81821968.html</ref>

			==Facilities==
			[[File:Plane refuelling at Kandla Airport.jpg\|thumb\|Apron area of the airport]]
			The airport is spread over an area of 268.2 acres, and has a terminal building capable of handling 100 passengers at a time. Its [[airport ramp\|apron]] measuring 90 m x 60 m has two parking bays for [[ATR-72]] type aircraft. The airport has navigational facilities and landing aids like [[Non-directional beacon\|NDB]] and [[Precision Approach Path Indicator\|PAPI]].

	==Airlines and destinations==		==Airlines and destinations==
			<!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport and airline itself are not independent sources. -->
	{{Airport destination list		{{Airport destination list
	\|[[Alliance Air (India)\|Alliance Air]]\|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport\|Ahmedabad]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.airindia.in/alliance-air.html\|title=Alliance Air Schedule\|access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>		\|[[SpiceJet]]\|[[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport\|Mumbai]]
	\|[[SpiceJet]]\|~~[[Indira Gandhi International Airport\|Delhi]],~~ [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport\|Mumbai]]
	\|[[TruJet]]\|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport\|Ahmedabad]]<ref>{{cite web\|title=TruJet Schedule\|url=https://d37ze9qx56fv1m.cloudfront.net/docs/Flight_Schedule_PDF_New.pdf\|website=www.trujet.com\|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
	}}		}}

	[[~~File:Plane refuelling at Kandla Airport.jpg\|thumb\|Plane refuelling at Kandla Airport~~]]		== Statistics ==
			{{Airport-Statistics\|iata=IXY}}

			== See also ==

			* [[List of airports in Gujarat]]

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://aai.aero/allAirports/kandla_generalinfo.jsp Kandla Airport at the Airports Authority of India]		*[http://aai.aero/allAirports/kandla_generalinfo.jsp Kandla Airport at the Airports Authority of India] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219012526/http://aai.aero/allAirports/kandla_generalinfo.jsp \|date=19 February 2008 }}

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	[[Category:1960 establishments in East Punjab]]		[[Category:1960 establishments in East Punjab]]
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			[[Category:Airports Authority of India]]

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{{short description|Airport in Gujarat, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Kandla Airport
| image = Kandla Airport building.jpg
| image-width =
| caption = The Kandla Airport building
| IATA = IXY
| ICAO = VAKE
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat #India
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in India
| pushpin_label = '''IXY'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| owner-oper =
| city-served = [[Kandla]] - [[Anjar, Gujarat|Anjar]]
| elevation-f = 96
| elevation-m = 29
| coordinates = {{coord|23|06|46|N|070|06|01|E|type:airport}}
| website =
| metric-rwy =
| r1-number = 05/23
| r1-length-f = 4,997
| r1-length-m = 1,523
| r1-surface = Concrete
| footnotes =
}}

'''Kandla Airport''' {{Airport codes|IXY|VAKE}} is located north of [[Kandla]] and Varsamedi Village [[Anjar, Gujarat|Anjar]] in the [[Kutch District]] of the state of [[Gujarat]], India.

==History==
The airport was built in the late 1950s. [[Indian Airlines]] commenced passenger operations in 1960 using their [[HS748|Avro]] aircraft and was followed by [[Vayudoot]]. [[Gujarat Airways]] also used to operate flights to Mumbai until 1999.<ref name="ie05">{{cite news|title=Indian Air Farce|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/62777/|access-date=29 February 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=16 January 2005}}</ref> After a gap of seven years, commercial services resumed again in October 2006 with [[Air Deccan]] operating daily services between Mumbai and Kandla using ATR aircraft<ref>{{cite news|title=Air Deccan connects yet another unconnected sector – brings Kandla into the aviation map|url=http://peanuts.aero/low_cost_airline_news/airline/186/59/Air+Deccan+connects+yet+another+unconnected+sector+%26ndash%3B+brings+Kandla+into+the+aviation+map|access-date=29 February 2012|newspaper=Peanuts! Online|date=4 October 2006}}</ref> until the airline ceased operations in 2012. Spicejet commenced service again in July 2017 using Bombardier Q400 aircraft.

==Structure==
The airport is spread over an area of 268.2 acres and has a terminal building capable of handling 100 passengers at a time. Its [[airport ramp|apron]] measuring 90 m x 60 m has two parking bays for ATR aircraft. The airport has navigational facilities and landing aids like [[Non-directional beacon|NDB]] and [[Precision Approach Path Indicator|PAPI]].

==Airlines and destinations==
{{Airport destination list
|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/alliance-air.html|title=Alliance Air Schedule|access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
|[[SpiceJet]]|[[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]
|[[TruJet]]|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]]<ref>{{cite web|title=TruJet Schedule|url=https://d37ze9qx56fv1m.cloudfront.net/docs/Flight_Schedule_PDF_New.pdf|website=www.trujet.com|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
}}

[[File:Plane refuelling at Kandla Airport.jpg|thumb|Plane refuelling at Kandla Airport]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://aai.aero/allAirports/kandla_generalinfo.jsp Kandla Airport at the Airports Authority of India]
*{{WAD|VAKE}}

{{Airports in India}}

[[Category:Airports in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Transport in Kutch district]]
[[Category:Gandhidham]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1960]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in East Punjab]]

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Davidwnl: refined formatting as per guidelines and fixed typos per sources

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