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{{Short description|Airport in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Nashik Airport
| image = Ozar airport,nashik.JPG
| image-width =
| caption =
| IATA = ISK
| ICAO = VAOZ
| type = Public / military
| owner = [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] (HAL)
| developer =
| operator = Halcon
(HAL & Concor)
| city-served = Nashik Metropolitan Region & North Maharashtra Region
| location = Ozar, near Mumbai-Agra National Highway, Nashik
| metric-elev = y
| elevation-m = 608
| coordinates = {{coord|20|07|10|N|073|54|49|E|region:IN-MH|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| image_mapsize = 300
| image_map_caption = [[Maharashtra]] in India
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra #India
| pushpin_mapsize = 300
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in Maharashtra
| pushpin_label = '''ISK'''
| pushpin_label_position = right
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 09/27
| r1-length-m = 3,000
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]/[[asphalt]]
| stat-year = Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 1,023,57 {{increase}} 135% <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf|title=Passengers traffic details AAI data.|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref>
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 2315 {{increase}} 204% <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf|title=Aircraft moment data by AAI.|date=March 2019|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref>
| footnotes = Sources: GCM,<ref name="GCM">{{GCM|VAOZ}}</ref> STV<ref name="STV">{{STV|8477355|Ozar Airport}}</ref>
| stat3-data = 225 MT {{decrease}} 96.9% <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex4.pdf|title=Cargo tonnage data by AAI.|date=March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163842/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex4.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=2019-06-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage (in metric tonnes)
}}

'''Nashik Airport''' {{airport codes|ISK|VAOZ}} is located at Ozar, {{convert|20|km}} northeast of the city of [[Nashik]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It is owned by [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]], which uses the airport primarily to develop, test and build aircraft for the [[Indian Armed Forces]]. It is home to a maintenance station of the [[Indian Air Force]] and also supports wide body commercial cargo services.<ref name = "IBN">{{cite news|title=HAL begins cargo services at Nashik airport |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/hal-begins-cargo-services-at-nashik-airport/830420.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017224101/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/hal-begins-cargo-services-at-nashik-airport/830420.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2012 |publisher=[[CNN-IBN|IBN]] |date= 20 September 2011 |access-date= 21 September 2011}}</ref> A new passenger terminal was inaugurated on 3 March 2014.<ref name="TOI1">{{cite news|title=Union minister visits new airport terminal |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Nashik/Union-minister-visits-new-airport-terminal/articleshow/39005050.cms|work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 26 July 2014 |access-date= 27 July 2014}}</ref> It serves Nashik Metropolitan Region as well as North Maharashtra Region.

==History==
The airfield was built in 1964, when the HAL's Aircraft Division at Nasik commenced licensed manufacturing of the Fighter Aircraft [[MiG-21]]FL. Other aircraft built here include MiG-21M, MiG-21 BIS, [[MiG-27]] M, [[Su 30 MKI]] aircraft.

[[Kingfisher Airlines]] commenced scheduled services to [[Mumbai Airport|Mumbai]] in 2008 but ended in November 2009 due to poor response.<ref name="TOI2">{{cite news|title=Air Deccan finally starts air services from Ozar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/air-deccan-finally-starts-air-services-from-ozar/articleshow/62228561.cms|work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 24 December 2017 |access-date= 26 December 2017}}</ref>

Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) announced the launch of commercial air cargo operations from Ozar airport on 20 September 2011. The cargo services are managed by HALCON, a joint working group between HAL, state-run Container Corporation (Concor) and Clarion Solutions. The airport is capable of handling large aircraft like the [[Antonov]] AN-124s after having creating additional parking space and medical facilities. Clarion Solutions will be the cargo terminal operator.

In 2011, HAL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the [[Government of Maharashtra]] for an Upgradation of Ozar Airport.<ref name = "BS">{{cite news|title=Maha govt, HAL to upgrade Ozar airport |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/maha-govt-hal-to-upgrade-ozar-airport/427345/ |publisher=[[Business Standard]] |date= 5 March 2011 |access-date=21 September 2011}}</ref> This involves The Airport Terminal Project worth 84 crores. The state government will pay 74 crores of the terminal project cost and HAL will fund the remaining Rs 10 crore.<ref name="TOI1"/><ref name="TOI">{{cite news|title=Ozar terminal to be inaugurated on March 2 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Ozar-terminal-to-be-inaugurated-on-March-2/articleshow/30960125.cms|work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 25 February 2014 |access-date= 25 February 2014}}</ref> After coming on the DGCA's air map, HAL is now in the process of appointing a private company to develop, to operate and maintain the airport terminal at Ozar on a revenue sharing basis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indigo to use Nashik airport for emergency landing|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nashik/Indigo-to-use-Nashik-airport-for-emergency-landing/articleshow/50088977.cms |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date= 8 December 2015 |access-date= 5 October 2016}}</ref>
Scheduled passenger air service to Nashik was revived after a gap of eight years when Air Deccan commenced operations to Mumbai and Pune on 23 December 2017 under the UDAN scheme.<ref name="TOI2"/>

==Ojhar Air Force Station==
11 Base Repair Depot, one of the eight base repair depots of the [[Indian Air Force]] under overall control and supervision of the [[Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force|Maintenance Command]], Nashik is based at Ozar. It was established in 1975 and is an ISO 9001:2000 certified maintenance facility. It conducts overhaul programmes for the IAF's MiG-21 (FL, BIS), MiG-23s and MiG-29s.<ref>{{cite web | title=When IAF Turns Industrial Entrepreneur - A Visit to 11 BRD |url= http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Today/Unit-Articles/336-11BRD.html | work=Vayu Aerospace Review | location=New Delhi |date=12 October 2009 |access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref>

==Terminal==
The new terminal building, spread over 22 acres with 8,267 sq metre built-up area can accommodate 300 passengers. The adjoining [[airport ramp|apron]] can handle up to six aircraft.
The bhoomipujan ([[groundbreaking]]) ceremony of the terminal was performed by PWD Minister and Guardian Minister [[Chhagan Bhujbal]] on 2 January 2012<ref>{{cite news |title=Bhoomipujan of terminal building at Ozar Airport |url=http://www.cafenasik.com/my-nasik/news/bhoomipujan-of-terminal-building-at-ozar-airport.html |publisher=CafeNasik.com |date=2 January 2012 |access-date=2 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213143727/http://www.cafenasik.com/my-nasik/news/bhoomipujan-of-terminal-building-at-ozar-airport.html |archive-date=13 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the terminal was inaugurated on 3 March 2014 by the then Union minister for the Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises [[Praful Patel]].<ref name="TOI1"/> The key terminal areas include departure lobby, check-in counters, security, holding and VIP areas, retail, airport administration and airlines offices, flying and ground crew services, physically challenged friendly and childcare facilities, dedicated smoking areas. The airport boasts of modern systems like integrated baggage handling, Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS), CCTVs, public address and voice annunciation systems, access control, Building Management System (BMS), Fire and Safety Systems, and Terminal Control Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/infrastructure/new-airport-terminal-at-ozar-inaugurated/20-km-from-nashik/slideshow/31404826.cms |title=20 km from Nashik - New airport terminal at Ozar inaugurated | The Economic Times |access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==

{{Airport-dest-list

|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]| [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Belgaum Airport|Belgaum]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Kandla Airport|Kandla]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]]

|[[SpiceJet]]| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Surat Airport|Surat]]

|[[Star Air (India)|Star Air]]| [[Belgaum Airport|Belgaum]], [[Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport|Indore]]

|[[TruJet]]| [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport|Indore]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.transworld.co/nac Website for Nasik Air Cargo]

{{Airports in India}}
{{Maharashtra transit}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Airports in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Transport in Nashik]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Nashik]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1964]]
[[Category:1964 establishments in Maharashtra]]

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