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| operator = [[Airports Authority of India]] | | operator = [[Airports Authority of India]] | ||
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| location = Tezu | | location = [[Tezu]] | ||
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'''Tezu Airport''' {{Airport codes|TEI|VETJ}} is located at [[Tezu]] in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] | '''Tezu Airport''' {{Airport codes|TEI|VETJ}} is located at [[Tezu]] in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[India]]. It is operated by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) which upgraded it to handle [[ATR 72]] type of Aircraft<ref name="TH">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/construction-work-gained-momentum-for-tezu-airport-in-arunachal/article5534189.ece |title=Construction work gained momentum for Tezu airport in Arunachal | work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 January 2014 |access-date= 6 January 2014}}</ref> with night-landing facility.<ref name="TH2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/by-air-or-road-tezu-is-now-a-vantage-point/article17409539.ece |title=By air or road, Tezu is now a vantage point | work= [[The Hindu]] |date=4 March 2017 |access-date= 28 November 2017}}</ref> Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] inaugurated the upgraded airport on 9 February 2019.<ref name="TS1">{{cite news|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/news/modi-opens-tezu-airport-lays-stone-for-greenfield-airport/ |title=Modi opens Tezu Airport, lays stone for Greenfield Airport | publisher= [[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]] |date=10 February 2019 |access-date= 11 February 2019}}</ref> Scheduled commercial flights operation commenced from 19 August 2021.<ref name="TATg"/> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
== | Tezu was one of five airports that were shortlisted in 2015 for the implementation of AAI's "[[UDAN|no-frills model]]", which will provide only essential services needed to operationalise the airport, without compromising on safety and security in any way. With an aim to ensure low cost of operation, the airport was to have no conveyor belts, no [[aerobridges]] and only the security hold area for departing passengers was likely to be air-conditioned.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/5vySwgvpU4zKViXriL11RM/Govt-clears-five-budget-airports-to-improve-regional-connect.html |title=Govt clears five budget airports to improve regional connectivity | publisher= [[Live Mint]] |date=9 September 2014 |access-date= 28 November 2017}}</ref> | ||
In 2009–10, the upgrade of the airport, with runway extension at an estimated cost of {{INR|79 crore}}, was approved.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=62260 |title=Report to the People 2009-10| publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |date=2 June 2010 |access-date= 6 January 2014}}</ref> | |||
On 22 September 2017, a test flight landed on the runway after the airport was upgraded.<ref name="TAT">{{cite news|url=https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2017/09/23/test-flight-conducted-in-tezu-airport/|title=Test flight conducted in Tezu Airport | publisher= The Arunachal Times |date=23 September 2017 |access-date= 28 November 2017}}</ref> | |||
On 9 February 2019, [[Prime Minister of India]], Narendra Modi, inaugurated the upgraded airport.<ref name="TS1"/> | |||
== Facilities == | |||
The airport has a 1500 metres runway, terminal building of 4200 square meter area,<ref name="FlyBigLaunch">{{cite news |url=https://www.news18.com/news/auto/flybig-launches-commercial-flight-services-between-guwahati-and-tezu-in-india-4107668.html |title=Flybig Launches Commercial Flight Services Between Guwahati and Tezu in India | publisher= [[News18]] |date=20 August 2021 |access-date= 14 September 2021}}</ref> air traffic control tower, boundary walls, parking lot and drainage system, etc.<ref name="TH"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/JR9RGL2qeHmwAEz5ZvHgJO/Five-towns-that-are-being-added-to-Indias-airport-map.html |title=Five towns that are being added to India's airport map | publisher= [[Live Mint]] |date=16 July 2015 |access-date= 28 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="NET">{{cite news|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/air-connectivity-soon-in-tezu/ |title=Air Connectivity Soon in Tezu | publisher= NorthEast Today |date=27 November 2017 |access-date= 28 November 2017}}</ref> | |||
==Scheduled commercial operation == | |||
[[Guwahati]]-Tezu-Guwahati scheduled commercial domestic flights operation commenced from 19 August 2021. The flight which takes 1 hour each way is operated by the [[FlyBig]]. This will boost the [[Tourism in Northeast India|tourism in the region]].<ref name="TATg">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/itanagar/arunachal-pradesh-first-commercial-flight-lands-at-tezu/articleshow/85480015.cms | title= Arunachal Pradesh: First commercial flight lands at Tezu | publisher= Times of India |date=20 August 2021 |access-date= 13 September 2021}}</ref> Tezu is covered under the [[UDAN]] scheme. | |||
Tezu is also an [[List of Indian Air Force stations|AGL]] of [[Indian Military]]. Other nearby airports include [[Pasighat Airport]], [[Zero Airport]], | |||
[[Walong Advanced Landing Ground|Walong AGL]], [[Itanagar Airport]], etc. | |||
==Airlines and destinations== | |||
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| [[FlyBig]] | [[Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport|Guwahati]]<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/itanagar/arunachal-pradesh-first-commercial-flight-lands-at-tezu/articleshow/85480015.cms</ref> | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[ | |||
* [[ | * [[Tourism in Northeast India]] | ||
* [[ | * [[List of Indian Air Force stations|List of AGLs of India]] | ||
* [[List of airports in India]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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