Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Airport Mohali
File:Chandigarh Airport terminal.png Shaheed Bhagat Singh Airport Mohali
IATA: IXC ICAO: VICG
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Indian Air Force/Airports Authority of India/Chandigarh International Airport Limited
Serves	Mohali,Chandigarh
Location	Mohali
Focus city for	IndiGo
Elevation AMSL	314 m / 1,030 ft
Coordinates	30°40′29″N 76°47′26″E
Website	Chandigarh Airport
Map
IXC Location of airport in Punjab IXC IXC (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 3,170 10,400 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2021 - March 2022)
Passengers 2,289,169 (65.7%) Aircraft movements 20,895 (62.2%) Cargo tonnage 11,085 (37.4%)
Sources: AAI

Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport Mohali (formerly known as Chandigarh International Airport Mohali)(Also called Mohali Airport) (IATA: IXC, ICAO: VICG) is an international airport located in the village of Jhiurheri, Mohali, Punjab ,primarily serving Punjab and it’s capital Chandigarh.. The neighbouring states of Haryana and Himachal also benefit from it. The airport caters to six domestic airlines and connects Mohali to 17 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations. The airport was awarded as the 'Best Airport by Hygiene Measures' in Asia-Pacific in 2021, by Airports Council International.

History

Chandigarh Airport operated all its civil and commercial operations from the civil enclave of the Indian Air Force Station. Indian Airlines started operating flights from Chandigarh to Delhi in the 1970s. A new airport building was constructed in the civil enclave and was opened on 14 April 2011. This air terminal was declared a customs airport on 19 August 2011, making it eligible for a limited number of international flights, but no international flight ever operated from this terminal.

In 2008, the Government of Punjab acquired 304.04 acres of land on the south side of the existing runway in Jhiurheri village at a cost of ₹452 crore (equivalent to ₹10 billion or US$140 million in 2019) to build the new international terminal, which was completed in 2015 at a cost of ₹939 crore (equivalent to ₹11 billion or US$160 million in 2019). The Government of Punjab and the Government of Haryana each have a 24.5% stake and the Airports Authority of India holds the rest, a 51% stake, in the new terminal building.

On 24 December 2015 the Mohali Industries Association filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for non-operation of international flights after spending ₹1,400 crore (equivalent to ₹17 billion or US$240 million in 2019) on the airport. After numerous hearings at Punjab and Haryana High Court and a long wait, IndiGo and Air India Express commenced flights to Dubai and Sharjah respectively in September 2016.

The new terminal is located 14 km (8.7 mi) from Chandigarh city centre in Sector 17.

Facilities

Terminal

Terminal building

File:Jet bridge at Airside of Terminal at Chandigarh Airport.png

Jet bridge at Airside of Terminal at Chandigarh Airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the new terminal on 11 September 2015

The new terminal was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 September 2015. This new eco-friendly terminal is one of its kind in India and was built by Larsen and Toubro. The interior of the airport has plants, for a feeling of a botanical garden. It is located at the village of Jhiurheri in Punjab and became operational on 19 October 2015.

Construction of the new terminal included two link taxiways to the terminal and cargo complex. A 900m taxiway was added in April 2022 increasing the capacity to 20 aircraft per hour. The terminal has five aerobridges apron for parking five in contact and eight remote parking stands for aircraft. The departures are on the first floor and arrivals on the ground floor. The first phase of the terminal covering 53,000 sq metres has a capacity of 1,600 passengers at a time and a parking space for 150 vehicles. This is not a greenfield airport but uses the runway of the present Indian air force base.

There is one ATM located in the parking area, WiFi inside the terminal, and one duty-free shop in the departures area. The airport facilities are operated by CHIAL (Chandigarh International Airport Limited).

Runway

The airport has single runway 11/29. From 2017 to 2019, the runway went through a major upgrade and repair that was completed on 9 April 2019. The expanded runway with approach lighting is 12,400 ft (3,800 m) long with effective take-off length of runway 10,400 ft (3,200 m). Since 10 April 2019, the airport is available for 24 hour operations. Additional runway approach lighting in the touchdown zone was installed in 2021 to assist in landing during foggy weather. As of 2022, runway is 10,400 ft Code 4E and equipped with 900 AFLS, 02 ILS, CAT I ILS at Rwy 11 and CAT-II at Rwy 29 making IXC capable to handle wide-bodied aircraft.

Cargo terminal

An integrated common use cargo terminal to handle domestic, international including perishable goods is planned. The cargo terminal will include five buildings of 450 m² (4,800 sq ft) each, with one building designated for perishable goods.

Airlines and destinations

Passengers boarding through JetBridge

Airlines	Destinations
Air India	Delhi, Leh
Air India Express	Sharjah
Alliance Air	Delhi, Dharamshala, Kullu
Go First	Ahmedabad, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Leh, Mumbai, Srinagar
IndiGo	Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Delhi, Chennai, Dubai–International, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Srinagar, Vadodara
Vistara	Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai

Statistics

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See also

• List of airports in India

External links

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• Chandigarh Airport - Airport Authority of India