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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Airport of Uttarakhand, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}<br />
{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Pithoragarh Airport<br />
| image = Pithoragarh Naini Saini Airport.jpg<br />
| image-width = 300px<br />
| IATA = NNS<br />
| ICAO = VIDF<br />
| type = Public<br />
| owner = <br />
| operator = [[Government of Uttarakhand]]<br />
| owner-oper = <br />
| city-served = Pithoragarh<br />
| location = [[Pithoragarh]]<br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttarakhand#India<br />
| pushpin_relief = 1<br />
| pushpin_label = '''NNS'''<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|29|35|32.85|N|80|14|30.39|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}<br />
| website = <br />
| metric-rwy = y<br />
| metric-elev = y<br />
| r1-number = 14/32<br />
| r1-length-f = 5,250<br />
| r1-length-m = 1,600<br />
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| ICAF = <br />
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'''Pithoragarh Airport''', also known as '''Naini Saini Airport''', is in [[Pithoragarh]], [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]. The airport was constructed in 1991 for administrative use and planned for the operations of [[Dornier 228]] type aircraft.<ref name ="ER">{{cite web|title=Executive Summary, Expansion of Naini-Saini airport|url=http://ueppcb.uk.gov.in/files/Naini-Saiini-Airstrip-Executive-Summary-English_1.pdf |access-date=20 September 2019|work=[[RITES]]|date=October 2012}}</ref> The State Government plans to upgrade it to Category 2C airport under [[Visual flight rules]] (VFR) conditions to facilitate operations of [[ATR-42]] type of aircraft. Recently the Helicopter commercial services to [[Dehradun]] and [[Pantnagar]] have been started. It is 4.5 kilometers from [[Pithoragarh]] city centre. But it's not operational at present.<br />
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==Airline and destination==<br />
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| [[Pawan Hans]] | [[Dehradun Airport|Dehradun]], [[Pantnagar Airport|Pantnagar]]<ref name="RCS">{{cite web|url=http://cadup.gov.in/writereaddata/pdf/RCS_Round_1_and_2.pdf|title=Comprehensive list of Awarded RCS Routes state wise |work=[[Airport Authority of India]]|access-date=5 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of airports in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/stup-withdraws-as-consultant-for-naini-saini-airport/432711/ Magazine article for NAINI-SAINI Airport]<br />
* [http://www.alltravels.com/india/uttarakhand/majirkanda/photos/current-photo-21705153 Photo of Airport]<br />
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{{Airports in Uttarakhand}}<br />
{{Airports in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Pithoragarh]]<br />
[[Category:Airports in Uttarakhand]]<br />
[[Category:1991 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Airports established in 1991]]</div>
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