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{{Short description|Airport in Chhattisgarh, India}}
{{EngvarB|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = '''Swami Vivekananda Airport'''
| image =Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur.jpg
| IATA = RPR
| ICAO = VERP
| type = Public
| owner-oper =
| owner = [[Airports Authority of India]]
| operator = Airports Authority of India
| city-served = [[Raipur]], [[Naya Raipur]], [[Bhilai]] and [[Durg]]
| location = Mana, Raipur, [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]]
| hub =
| focus_city =
| elevation-f = 1,041
| elevation-m = 317
| metric-elev = y
| coordinates = {{coord|21|10|52|N|081|44|18.5|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = [https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/raipur Raipur Airport]
| pushpin_map = India Chattisgarh#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in India
| pushpin_label = '''RPR'''
| r1-number = 06/24
| r1-length-f = 7,500
| r1-length-m = 2,286<ref name="aai.aero">{{cite web |title=Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur -Brochure |url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/airport_brochures/RAIPUR_AIRPORT-Broucher.pdf |website=AAI |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref>
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| metric-rwy = y
| h1-number = H1
| h1-length-f = 65
| h1-length-m = 20
| h1-surface = [[Concrete]]
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 2,251,998 ({{increase}} 60%)
| stat-year = April 2022 - March 2023
| 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/Mar2k23Annex3.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k23Annex2.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k23Annex4.pdf|website=aai.aero|access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 20,635 ({{increase}} 36.6%)
| stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
| stat3-data = 5,660 ({{decrease}} 6%)
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-wikidata =
| mapframe-zoom = 10
| timezone =
| utc = +5:30
| image-width = 280px
| caption =
| opened = {{start date and age|1975|||df=y|p=n|br=n}}
}}

'''Swami Vivekananda Airport''' {{Airport codes|RPR|VERP}},<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://airportsbase.org/India/all/Raipur/Raipur|title=Airport codes Raipur in Raipur, India (IN) |website=airportsbase.org|access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/raipur-6191.html|title=Raipur - India|website=World Airport Codes|access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/rpr|title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map|website=Flightradar24|access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref> formerly known as '''Mana Airport''', is a [[domestic airport]] serving the state of [[Chhattisgarh]], India. The airport is located at Mana, approximately {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-east of [[Raipur]] and {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of [[Naya Raipur]], situated conveniently between the two cities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/raipur_generalinfo.jsp|title=Airports Authority of India|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref> On 24 January 2012, the airport was renamed after [[Swami Vivekananda]], the iconic Hindu monk and philosopher who spent three years of his youth in Raipur between 1877 and 1879.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=79862|title=Renaming of Mana Airport at Raipur in Chhattisgarh as "Swami Vivekanand International Airport, Raipur" |website=pib.nic.in|access-date=1 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812021624/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=79862 |archive-date=12 August 2017}}</ref>

In the period between April 2022 and March 2023, it was the busiest airport in [[Chhattisgarh]], and the second busiest in [[Central India]] after [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]] airport and the [[Busiest airports in India by total passenger traffic|26th busiest airport in India]] ({{decrease|-1}} 2) by passenger traffic.

==Airfield==
Spread over an area of {{convert|700|acre}}, Swami Vivekananda Airport has a single runway (06/24) measuring {{convert|2286|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length and {{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}} in width.<ref name="aai.aero"/> The runway has been extended to {{convert|3251|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news |title=AAI awards work for extension of Raipur Airport runway |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/aai-awards-work-for-extension-of-raipur-airport-runway.html |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=The Pioneer |date=14 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref> but has not been operationalized yet due to delays in transferring land for the construction of perimeter boundary wall alongside patrolling road inside the airport area.

The airfield is equipped with night landing facilities such as [[Instrument landing system|ILS CAT II]]<ref>{{cite tweet |user=aairprairport |title=Existing CAT-I ILS at Raipur Airport is now being upgraded to CAT-II ILS that will further allow the aircraft to land in extremely poor weather |number=1672956167147126785 |access-date=6 August 2023 |date=25 June 2023}}</ref> [[instrument landing system]] (ILS) at Runway 24, and navigational aids such as [[Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast|ADS-B]],<ref>{{cite tweet |user=aairprairport |title=State-of-the-art ADS-B facility is yet another feather in the cap of the Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur which is now operationalised to cater the increasing Air-traffic demand |number=1590591726707560449 |access-date=6 August 2023 |date=10 November 2022}}</ref> [[DVOR]], [[Distance measuring equipment|DME]], [[Non-directional beacon|NDB]], and [[Precision approach path indicator|PAPI]].

The apron has seven parking bays which can accommodate A320/B737 category of aircraft. The airport is equipped with category VI firefighting and rescue capability with provisions for category VII on demand.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/raipur_technicalinfo.jsp|title=Airports Authority of India, Technical Information|website=www.aai.aero|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216234603/http://aai.aero/allAirports/raipur_technicalinfo.jsp|archive-date=16 February 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>

==Terminals==
===New integrated terminal===
The new integrated terminal was inaugurated on 7 November 2012 by then [[President of India]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]]. Built at a cost of about {{INRConvert|165|c|abbr=on}}, the building covers an area of {{convert|22000|m2|acres|abbr=on}}. It is designed to handle 1300 passengers at a time, including 400 international passengers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pranab-hopes-raipur-airports-new-terminal-will-support-chhattisgarhs-growth/article4075110.ece|title=Pranab hopes Raipur airport's new terminal will support Chhattisgarh's growth|date=8 November 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=29 April 2017|last1=Bagchi|first1=Suvojit}}</ref>

The new terminal has three aero-bridges, eight boarding gates, twenty check-in counters, eight X-ray baggage machines, four security counters, and two conveyor belts for luggage. Construction for fourth aero-bridge is under-consideration.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/raipur_passengerinfo.jsp|title=Airports Authority of India, Passenger Information|website=www.aai.aero|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216233947/http://aai.aero/allAirports/raipur_passengerinfo.jsp|archive-date=16 February 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>

===Cargo terminal===
The Common User Domestic Cargo Terminal (CUDCT) was inaugurated on 4 June 2016, fulfilling the long pending demand of the state to start air cargo operations. The AAI has converted the old terminal building into CUDCT to handle cargo operations. [[Ahmedabad]] based GSEC Limited has bagged the contract to operate and maintain the CUDCT for an initial period of five years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cargo terminal inaugurated at Raipur airport |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/Cargo-terminal-inaugurated-at-Raipur-airport/articleshow/52584844.cms |access-date=26 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=4 June 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==

{{Airport-dest-list

|{{nowrap|[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]}} | [[Jagdalpur Airport|Jagdalpur]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]]

|[[IndiGo]]| [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Biju Patnaik Airport|Bhubaneswar]],<ref name="IndiGo LKO-RPR-BBI">{{cite web|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/indigo-to-resume-lucknow-raipur-bhubaneswar-service-from-jun-2023-1203132|title=IndiGo to resume Lucknow-Raipur-Bhubaneswar service from Jun-2023|work=CAPA|accessdate=22 May 2023}}</ref> [[Raja Bhoj Airport|Bhopal]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]], [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Dabolim Airport|Goa–Dabolim]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2022/12/18/Daily-flight-between-Raipur-Goa-to-startfrom-January-7.html | title=Daily flight between Raipur-Goa to startfrom January 7 }}</ref> [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]], [[Jagdalpur Airport|Jagdalpur]], [[Cochin International Airport|Kochi]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Flight Schedule|url=https://www.goindigo.in/booking/flight-select.html|website=IndiGo|access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata]], [[Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport|Lucknow]],<ref name="IndiGo LKO-RPR-BBI"/> [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Prayagraj Airport|Prayagraj]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]]

|[[Vistara]]| [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]]
}}

== Statistics ==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=RPR}}

== Aerocity ==
In 2022, [[Government of Chhattisgarh]] stated that it has plan to build Aerocity near Raipur Airport in 25 acre of land in ramchandi area of [[Naya Raipur]], it will have High end hotels, Convention center, Shopping complexes and upscale restaurants along with entertainment facilities.<ref>https://travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/aviation/domestic/chhattisgarh-to-build-aerocity-near-raipur-airport-cmo/95653015</ref><ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/develop-aerocity-in-raipur-along-the-lines-of-delhi-airport-cm/articleshow/95648992.cms</ref><ref>https://theprint.in/india/chhattisgarh-to-build-aerocity-near-raipur-airport-cmo/1226792/</ref>

==Connectivity==
The airport is located {{convert|16|km}} from [[Raipur Junction railway station]] and {{convert|17|km}} from Bhatgaon [[Inter State Bus Terminal, Raipur|ISBT Raipur]]. It is well connected by [[Raipur and Naya Raipur BRTS]] and cabs such as [[Ola Cabs|Ola]] and [[Uber]]. In addition, the Raipur Urban Public Transport Society operates direct air-conditioned city buses to the neighbouring cities of [[Bhilai]] and [[Durg]], via [[Raipur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=एयरपोर्ट से दुर्ग के लिए आठ एसी सिटी बसों को मिला परमिट |url=https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-eight-ac-city-buses-from-the-airport-to-durg-had-permits-622095 |access-date=1 July 2017 |work=Nai Dunia |date=8 January 2016 |language=hi}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="134">
File:Swami Vivekananda Statue at Raipur Airport.png|Swami Vivekananda's statue at the airport's entrance
File:Air India Aircraft at Raipur Airport.jpg|Airside view from Terminal
File:IndiGo aircraft at Raipur Airport Apron.png|Aircraft at Apron
File:Raipur Airport terminal Interior.png|Terminal inside view
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Bilaspur Airport|Bilasa Devi Kevat Airport, Bilaspur]]
* [[Jagdalpur Airport]]
* [[Ambikapur Airport]]
* [[List of airports in India]]
* [[List of the busiest airports in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Swami Vivekananda Airport}}
*[http://indiaairport.com/airports/raipur/index.htm Raipur Airport - India Airport Global Website]
*[https://www.dailypioneer.com/2014/state-editions/take-international-flights-too-from-raipur-airport-now.html International Airport]
*[http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/raipur_generalinfo.jsp Raipur Airport at AAI]
*{{SkyVector|VERP|Swami Vivekananda Airport}}
*[http://www.notamapps.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:india-1&catid=8:headlines&Itemid=101 Change of ICAO code from VARP to VERP]

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