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| {{Infobox airport
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| | name = Adampur Airport , Jalandhar
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| | nativename-a = Jalandhar Airport
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| | image = File:Screenshot 20220808-170053 Chrome.png
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| | caption = Adampur Airport New Terminal
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| | IATA = AIP
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| | ICAO = VIAX
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| | type = Military/ Public
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| | owner = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Ministry of Civil Aviation]]
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| | operator = [[Airports Authority Of India]] , [[Indian Air Force]]
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| | city-served = [[Jalandhar]], [[Hoshiarpur]]
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| | location = [[Adampur]], [[Jalandhar, Punjab]], [[India]]
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| | elevation-f = 776
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| | elevation-m = 236
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| | coordinates = {{coord|31|25|59|N|075|45|38|E|region:IN_type:airport|display=inline,title}}
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| | website = {{URL|https://www.aai.aero/en/airports/adampur}}
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| | r1-number = 13/31
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| | r1-length-m = 2,755
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| | r1-length-f = 9,039
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| | r1-surface = Asphalt
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| | pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
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| | pushpin_label = '''AIP'''
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| | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in Punjab
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| '''Adampur Airport , Jalandhar''' {{airport codes|AIP|VIAX}} is the primary airport serving the cities of [[Jalandhar]] and [[Hoshiarpur]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]. It is located at [[Adampur]] Town of [[Jalandhar]] district in Northern India, on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur main highway 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Jalandhar, Punjab, India. The airport was much needed by the Doaba Region of Punjab as the two other main airports [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] and [[Chandigarh International Airport]] are 100 and 145 km distant respectively.
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| ==History==
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| The Adampur Airport's foundation stone was laid by India's Ex Finance Minister [[Arun Jaitley]] on December 16, 2016 after taking in account its viability reports drafted by government agencies.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://chandigarhmetro.com/jalandhar-adampur-airport-to-begin-flights-soon/|title=Arun Jaitley lays foundation stone for Adampur airport | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=18 December 2016 | access-date=
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| ==Infrastructure==
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| The [[Airports Authority of India]] has built a passenger terminal at a cost of ₹ 18 crore<ref>{{cite news|title=A year gone, Adampur airport, Jalandhar awaits take-off |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/a-year-gone-adampur-airport-awaits-take-off/529872.html |date=17 January 2018|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref> at Kandola village of Jalandhar district adjoining the airbase to facilitate commercial civil aviation. The Central Government had cleared the techno-feasibility report for setting up the Adampur Airport, Jalandhar in July 2015 after AAI had inspected the proposed site of 50 acres of land after receiving No Objection Certificate from [[Indian Air Force]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/AAI-team-examines-proposed-site-for-Adampur-airport/articleshow/48601029.cms AAI team examines proposed site for Adampur airport]</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/punjab-to-build-new-domestic-airport-at-adampur-540364 Punjab to build new domestic airport at Adampur]</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/commercial-status-for-adampur-airport-soon-sukhbir-singh-badal-779121 Commercial Status for Adampur Airport Soon: Sukhbir Singh Badal]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/clamour-grows-for-domestic-airport-at-adampur/103857.html Clamour grows for domestic airport at Adampur]</ref>
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| Commercial flights started on 1 May 2018 when [[SpiceJet]] began operations under the UDAN Regional Connectivity Service (RCS) of the Government of India.The new Terminal is being built up in an area of 75,000 sq.ft ( 42 acres ). The contract of the new Terminal has been given to edifice consultants.
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| [[File:Screenshot 20220326-062241 Twitter.png|thumb|Adampur Airport Proposed Building Image 1]]
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| [[File:Screenshot 20220326-062300 Twitter.png|thumb|Adampur Airport Proposed Building Image 2]]
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| [[File:Screenshot 20220326-062315 Twitter.png|thumb|Adampur Airport Proposed Building Image 3]]
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| [[File:Screenshot 20220326-062328 Twitter.png|thumb|Adampur Airport Proposed Building Image 4]]
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| ==Statistics==
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| The airport is mainly used to travel to Delhi with a very high passenger turn out rate of 97% per flight.
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| == Connectivity ==
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| Adampur Airport, Jalandhar is located at Adampur Town of Jalandhar district in Northern India, on the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur main highway 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
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| == Adampur AirForce Station ==
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| '''Adampur Air Force Station, Jalandhar''' is also situated here. It is the second largest military airbase of India. It lies within {{cvt|100|km}} of the Indo-Pak Border and is home to [[No. 47 Squadron IAF]] and [[No. 223 Squadron IAF]].
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| '''Jalandhar''' Airport is a very old base station. The base played a crucial role in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]. On 6 September 1965, the PAF attacked Indian airfields at Pathankot AFS, Halwara AFS & Adampur AFS, Jalandhar. The attacks on Halwara and Adampur were failures. The Strike group turned back before even reaching Adampur.
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| On 7 September 1965, the PAF [[parachute]]d 135 [[Special Services Group]] (SSG) para commandos<ref>{{cite news|title=The 1965 War: A view from the east|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/05war.htm |access-date=21 November 2011 |newspaper=Rediff news}}</ref> at three Indian airfields (Halwara, Pathankot and Adampur).<ref name="Lal1986"/> The daring attempt proved to be an "unmitigated disaster". Only ten commandos were able to return to Pakistan,<ref name="Lal1986"/> the rest were taken as prisoners of war (including one of the Commanders of the operations, Major Khalid Butt). At Adampur these troops landed in residential areas where the villagers caught and handed them over to police.<ref name="Lal1986">{{cite book |author=Pratap Chandra Lal|title=My years with the IAF|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vvTM-xbW41MC&pg=PA138|year=1986|publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-81-7062-008-2 |page=138}}</ref>
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| The [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] on western front started with [[Operation Chengiz Khan]] on 3 December 1971. Pathankot Air Force Station was hit and runway heavily damaged. Pathankot was covered by interceptors from Adampur AFS, Jalandhar following this first strike during the time it took the ground crew to repair its runway.<ref name=lal>"My years with the IAF" by Air Chief Marshal P C Lal</ref>
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| During [[1999 Kargil Conflict]] flying from Adampur AFS, Jalandhar, Mirages of [[No. 7 Squadron IAF]] struck Tigerhill, Muntho Dhalo and Tololing.
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| Jalandhar Air Force Station operates [[MiG-29|MiG-29UPG]] variant after recently completed overhauls to the older B/UB fleet.
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| [[File:MiG-29B Adampur.jpg|thumb|A MiG-29 based at Jalandhar Air Force Station]]
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| ==See also==
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| *[[List of Indian Air Force stations]]
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| *[[Western Air Command (India)]]
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| *[[Indian Air Force]]
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| *[[8-Pass Charlie]]
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| == References ==
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| == External Links ==
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| * https://www.jagran.com/punjab/jalandhar-city-100-kld-capacity-sewerage-treatment-plant-to-be-set-up-at-adampur-airport-22643130.html
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| [[Category:Indian Air Force bases]]
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| [[Category:Airports in Punjab, India]]
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| [[Category:Jalandhar district]]
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