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| {{short description|Airport in Belgaum, Karnataka, India}}
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| {{Infobox airport
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| | name = Belagavi Airport
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| | image = Belagavi Airport.jpg
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| | caption =
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| | IATA = IXG
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| | ICAO = VOBM
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| | type = Public
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| | operator = [[Airports Authority of India]]
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| | city-served = [[Belgaum]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
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| | location = [[Sambra]]
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| | elevation-f = 2,287
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| | elevation-m = 758
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|15|51|33|N|74|37|03|E|type:airport_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
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| | website = {{URL|https://www.aai.aero/en/node/77581}}
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| | pushpin_map = India Karnataka#India
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| | pushpin_label = '''IXG'''
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| | r1-number = 08/26
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| | r1-length-f = 7546
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| | r1-length-m = 2300
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| | r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]/[[Concrete]]
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| | stat-year = April2020-March2021
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| | stat1-header = Passengers movement
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| | stat1-data = 2,58,038({{decrease }}6.6%)
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| | stat2-header = Aircraft movement
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| | stat2-data = 5,987({{Increase }}4.3%)
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| '''Belagavi Airport''' {{airport codes|IXG|VOBM}} is a [[domestic airport]] serving [[Belgaum]], a city in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. The new terminal building was inaugurated by Civil aviation minister [[Ashok Gajapathi Raju]] on 14 September 2017.<ref name="BS1">{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/upgraded-Belgaum-airport-inaugurated-117091401645_1.html | title=Upgraded Belgaum airport inaugurated| work=[[Business Standard]] | date=14 September 2017 | access-date=18 October 2017| last1=India| first1=Press Trust of}}</ref> Near the airport, there is an [[Indian Air Force]] station at which new recruits receive basic training.
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| ==History==
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| Built in 1942 by the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF),<ref name="history">{{cite news |last=Patil |first=Vijaykumar |date=18 October 2002 |title=Passenger services from Belgaum Airport soon |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/10/19/stories/2002101901410300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 June 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Belgaum Airport is the oldest airport in [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news |date=16 July 2015 |title=Five towns that are being added to India's airport map |url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/JR9RGL2qeHmwAEz5ZvHgJO/Five-towns-that-are-being-added-to-Indias-airport-map.html |work=[[Livemint]] |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> The RAF used the airport as a training site during [[World War II]], providing support to the [[South East Asia Command]]. The [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Directorate General of Civil Aviation]] (DGCA) took control of the airport in 1956, followed by the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Ministry of Civil Aviation]] in 1962. During the 1990s, Belgaum Airport was served by [[East-West Airlines (India)|East-West Airlines]], [[Gujarat Airways]], [[Indian Airlines]], [[NEPC Airlines]] and [[Vayudoot]]. All airlines ended flights to the airport by the end of the decade.<ref name="history" />
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| Belgaum Airport saw the return of commercial flights in 2003, with [[Air Deccan]] providing service from [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite news|date=24 August 2003|title=Air Deccan services to be launched today|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/08/25/stories/2003082501250400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220230100/http://www.thehindu.com/2003/08/25/stories/2003082501250400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> Air Deccan also flew to [[Kolhapur]] and [[Mumbai]] for some time.<ref>{{cite news|date=16 April 2004|title=Air Deccan to increase flights|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/apr/16air.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> After Air Deccan completed its merger with [[Kingfisher Airlines]] in 2008, Kingfisher decided to end flights to Belgaum in June 2009.<ref>{{cite press release|date=14 November 2009|title=Flights from Belgaum airport will resume soon|url=http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20091114/231521.htm|agency=India PRwire|access-date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917024936/http://www.indiaprwire.com/businessnews/20091114/231521.htm|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nevertheless, expansion plans for Belgaum Airport were launched in 2010, when the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) and the [[Government of Karnataka]] signed a [[memorandum of understanding]]. Kingfisher returned in January 2011 with daily flights from Mumbai,<ref>{{cite news |date=11 January 2011 |title=Kingfisher Airlines starts daily Belgaum-Mumbai flights |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/kingfisher-airlines-starts-daily-belgaummumbai-flights/article1079584.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> but it exited the market in November 2011 amid its own financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 October 2012 |title=Belgaum airport to resume flights soon |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article1300121.ece |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> [[SpiceJet]] arrived at Belgaum in November 2012<ref>{{cite news |last=Urs |first=Anil |date=9 November 2012 |title=SpiceJet to begin Bangalore-Belgaum service |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/spicejet-to-begin-bangalorebelgaum-service/article4080707.ece |work=[[The Hindu Business Line]] |access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> with flights from Bangalore and later added direct flights to Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad after Belgaum airport was expanded in September 2017. Spicejet served the airport till May 2018.After Hubballi airport was nominated under UDAN scheme. Spicejet shifted all its operations to Hubballi which it operated from Belgaum Airport, Airport came into operation again after Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India began flight services to Bangalore from 11 July 2018. This was a thrice a week flight operated by ATR 72 type aircraft. Air India began service to Bangalore with its Airbus A319 aircraft from 10 August 2018 on remaining 4 days of the week thus connecting Belgaum with Bangalore all 7 days in the week. Also this was the first arrival of Airbus A319 in Belgaum.
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| In 2013, the [[Government of India|Central Government]] cleared the expansion project.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 November 2013 |title=Centre gives nod to upgrade Belgaum Airport |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131116/news-current-affairs/article/centre-gives-nod-upgrade-belgaum-airport |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> Work began in February 2015 at a cost of Rs 1.20 billion and took over two and a half years. It involved extension of the runway, construction of a new isolation bay, taxiway, apron for three A-320 aircraft and a new 22.5-metre tall ATC tower.<ref name="BS1"/> The expanded facilities were formally inaugurated on 14 September 2017 and AAI commissioned the new terminal and apron on 16 October 2017.<ref name="TOI3">{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/new-terminal-commissioned-at-Belgaum-airport/articleshow/61107638.cms | title=New terminal commissioned at Belgaum airport | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=17 October 2017 | access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref>
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| In 2020, Union Minister of State for Railways [[Suresh Angadi]] requested that the airport be named after [[Kittur Chennamma|Kittur Rani Chennamma]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=HS |first1=Shreyas |title=Angadi bats for naming Belagavi airport after Rani Channamma |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubballi/angadi-bats-for-naming-belagavi-airport-after-rani-channamma/articleshow/73280709.cms |access-date=17 January 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=16 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| ==Terminal and airfield==
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| [[file:IXG Ticket Counter.jpg|thumb|Airport Entrance and Ticketing Counter]]
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| A new terminal building was inaugurated on 14 September 2017 as part of the airport expansion project. The terminal building is spread over 3,600 square metres and has a capacity to accommodate over 300 passengers. It has two baggage conveyor belts and six check-in counters. It has an [[airport ramp|apron]] for parking of three Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft.<ref name="BS1"/> The old apron has two parking stands designed for the [[ATR 72]] and similar aircraft.<ref name="techinfo">{{cite web |date=16 October 2012 |title=Belgaum: Technical Information |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/belgaum_technicalinfo.jsp |work=[[Airports Authority of India]] |access-date=27 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213322/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/belgaum_technicalinfo.jsp |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="diagram">{{cite web |date=27 May 2015 |title=Aerodrome Data: Belgaum Airport (VOBM), effective 23 July 2015 |url=http://www.aai.aero/misc/AIPS_2015_32.pdf |work=[[Airports Authority of India]] |access-date=27 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813072514/http://www.aai.aero/misc/AIPS_2015_32.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are also two additional aprons, one on the north side of the runway that serves as an isolation bay and one on the south side. These aprons are each connected by single taxiways to runway 08/26, which measures {{convert|2300|x|45|m}}.<ref name="diagram" /> A {{convert|470|m|adj=on}} extension of the runway has been completed & presently runway size is 2300×45 metres.
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| ==Airlines and destinations==
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| |[[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]| [[Pune Airport|Pune]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alliance Air Schedule|url=https://www.airindia.in/where-we-fly.htm|website=www.airindia.in|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref>
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| |[[IndiGo]]| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/indigo-to-start-bengaluru-belgaum-flights-from-september-8/articleshow/70772958.cms|title=IndiGo to start Bengaluru-Belgaum flights from September 8|work=Economic Times|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref>
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| |[[SpiceJet]]| [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Flight Schedule|publisher=[[SpiceJet]]|url= https://www.spicejet.com/schedules.aspx|access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Flight Schedule|publisher=[[SpiceJet]]|url= https://www.spicejet.com/schedules.aspx|access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]
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| |[[Star Air (India)|Star Air]]| [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport|Ahmedabad]], [[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport|Indore]], [[Jodhpur Airport|Jodhpur]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Nagpur Airport|Nagpur]], [[Nashik Airport|Nashik]], [[Surat Airport|Surat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://starair.in/Home/Flightschedules|title=Star Air Flight Schedules|work=Star Air|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
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| |[[TruJet]]| [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Kadapa Airport|Kadapa]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trujet.com/#/home|title = Domestic airlines in India | Domestic airline tickets Booking}}</ref> [[Mysore Airport|Mysore]], [[Tirupati Airport|Tirupati]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/trujet-to-commence-four-udan-services-at-belgaum-airport-in-jan-2020-966278|title=TruJet to commence four UDAN services at Belgaavi Airport in Jan-2020|work=CAPA|access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>
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| == Statistics ==
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| ==Air Force Station==
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| Built by and originally under the control of the Royal Air Force, the Special Reserve Police of [[Karnataka]] took over the airbase in 1948. The air force station was a major base of air operations during [[Annexation of Portuguese India|Operation Vijay]] in 1961. Two years later, No. 1 Ground Training School at [[Jalahalli]] was moved to the base and renamed ''Administrative Training Institute'' (ATI) in 1980. In 2001, the ATI was renamed ''Airmen Training School'' (ATS). The focus of the base turned to providing Joint Basic Phase Training (JBPT) through the Basic Training Institute.<ref name="sainik">{{cite web |last=Mohan |first=R. D. |date=1 October 2012 |title=ATS Belgaum, Historic Alma Mater |url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2012/oct01-12/h7.htm |work=[[Sainik Samachar]] |access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> JBPT is designed to teach recruits military values and orient them towards a life in the military.<ref name="sainik" /><ref>{{cite web |last=M. |first=Anantha |date=6 October 2013 |title=IAF to put airmen through new training pattern in January |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/IAF-to-put-airmen-through-new-training-pattern-in-January/2013/10/06/article1821256.ece |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[List of airports in Karnataka]]
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| == References ==
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| ==External links==
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080225072948/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/belgaum_generalinfo.jsp Belgaum Airport] at the [[Airports Authority of India]]
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