|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| {{Short description|Airport of Haryana, India}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Dhirendra Brahmachari#Ashrams]] {{R from merge}} {{R to section}} |
| {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
| |
| {{Use Indian English|date=November 2017}}
| |
| {{Infobox airport
| |
| | name = Gurugram Airstrip.
| |
| | ensign =
| |
| | ensign_size =
| |
| | ensign_alt =
| |
| | nativename = ''Gurugram Vimantal''
| |
| | nativename-a = {{lang|hi|गुरुग्राम विमानपट्टी}}
| |
| | nativename-r = <!-- Romanized native name, e.g. s Běijīng Shǒudū Guójì Jīcháng -->
| |
| | |
| | image =
| |
| | image-width = <!-- if less than 200 -->
| |
| | image_alt =
| |
| | caption =
| |
| | |
| | image2 =
| |
| | image2-width = <!-- if less than 200 -->
| |
| | image2_alt =
| |
| | caption2 =
| |
| | |
| | IATA =
| |
| | ICAO =
| |
| | LID =
| |
| | GPS =
| |
| | WMO =
| |
| | type = Public
| |
| | owner-oper = <!-- Use this if owner and operator are same -->
| |
| | owner = [[Civil Aviation Department, Haryana]]
| |
| | operator =
| |
| | city-served = [[Gurugram]], [[Haryana]]
| |
| | location = Bhondsi
| |
| | opened = <!-- text or {{start date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| |
| | closed = <!-- {{end date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| |
| | passenger_services_ceased = <!-- {{end date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| |
| | |
| | hub = <!-- If the airport serves as an hub, list the airlines here. This is not automatically linked, in order to allow multiple links if needed. Use {{plainlist}} if the list is long. Example:
| |
| {{plainlist|
| |
| * [[British Airways]]
| |
| * [[Virgin Atlantic Airways|Virgin Air]]
| |
| }}
| |
| -->
| |
| | |
| | focus_city = <!-- A focus city is a destination from which an airline operates several point-to-point routes primarily catering to the local market rather than to connecting passengers.-->
| |
| | built = <!-- military airports -->
| |
| | used = <!-- military airports -->
| |
| | commander = <!-- military airports -->
| |
| | occupants = <!-- military airports -->
| |
| | |
| | timezone = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| |
| | utc = [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC+05:30]]
| |
| | |
| | elevation-f =
| |
| | elevation-m =
| |
| | metric-elev = y <!-- set to 'y' if meter are to be displayed before ft, otherwise leave empty -->
| |
| | coordinates = {{coord|28|25|12|N|77|7|38|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| |
| | |
| | image_map =
| |
| | image_mapsize =
| |
| | image_map_alt = <!-- Alternative text for the image map, defaults to same text as caption if left blank -->
| |
| | image_map_caption =
| |
| | |
| | pushpin_map = India Haryana#India
| |
| | pushpin_relief = 1
| |
| | pushpin_mapsize =
| |
| | pushpin_map_alt = <!-- Alternative text for the image map, defaults to same text as caption if left blank -->
| |
| | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in India
| |
| | pushpin_image =
| |
| | pushpin_label = '''Gurugram Airstrip '''
| |
| | pushpin_marksize =
| |
| | |
| | r1-number = <!-- runway direction -->
| |
| | r1-length-f = <!-- runway length in feet -->
| |
| | r1-length-m = <!-- runway length in meter -->
| |
| | r1-surface =
| |
| | |
| | r2-number =
| |
| | r2-length-f =
| |
| | r2-length-m =
| |
| | r2-surface =
| |
| | |
| | r3-number = <!-- up to r12, i.e. twelve runways -->
| |
| | r3-length-f = <!-- up to r12, i.e. twelve runways -->
| |
| | r3-length-m = <!-- up to r12, i.e. twelve runways -->
| |
| | r3-surface = <!-- up to r12, i.e. twelve runways -->
| |
| | metric-rwy = y
| |
| | |
| | h1-number = <!-- helipad direction -->
| |
| | h1-length-f = <!-- helipad length in feet -->
| |
| | h1-length-m = <!-- helipad length in meters -->
| |
| | h1-surface = <!-- up to h12, i.e. 12 helipads -->
| |
| | |
| | h2-number = <!-- helipad direction -->
| |
| | h2-length-f = <!-- helipad length in feet -->
| |
| | h2-length-m = <!-- helipad length in meters -->
| |
| | h2-surface = <!-- up to h12, i.e. 12 helipads -->
| |
| | |
| | stat1-header = Hub for the number of airlines
| |
| | stat1-data = 0
| |
| | stat2-header = Number of scheduled airlines flying in
| |
| | stat2-data = 0
| |
| | stat3-header = Number of Airplanes
| |
| | stat3-data =
| |
| | stat4-header = Number of scheduled weekly flights
| |
| | stat4-data = 0
| |
| | stat5-header = Number of scheduled flight passengers
| |
| | stat5-data = 0
| |
| | stat6-header = Number of runways
| |
| | stat6-data = 1
| |
| | stat7-header =
| |
| | stat7-data =
| |
| | stat8-header =
| |
| | stat8-data =
| |
| | stat9-header =
| |
| | stat9-data =
| |
| | stat10-header =
| |
| | stat10-data =
| |
| | stat11-header =
| |
| | stat11-data =
| |
| | stat12-header = <!-- A text heading of each statistic, e.g. Passengers or Aircraft operations -->
| |
| | stat12-data = <!-- up to stat8, data corresponding to the heading such as number of passenger -->
| |
| | stat-year = <!-- Use only one, the calendar year for the above statistics -->
| |
| | |
| | website = {{URL|http://www.haraviation.gov.in}}
| |
| | footnotes =
| |
| }}
| |
| [[File:airports and seaports map.png|thumb|400px|right|[[List of airports in India|Airports]] and [[Ports in India|seaports]] in India]]
| |
| | |
| '''Gurugram Airstrip''' (formerly '''Gurgaon Airstrip'''), also '''Bhondsi Airstrip''' and '''Silokhera Airstrip''', is an [[Aerodrome|airstrip]] located between [[Silokhera]] and Bhondsi villages, {{convert|10|km}} south of [[Gurugram]] city center, in [[Haryana]] state of India.<ref name=bhond1>[http://www.airportsindia.org.in/public_notices/aaisite_test/LIST-UNSERVED-AS-ON22NOV16.pdf "List of Unserved RCS airports."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035729/http://www.airportsindia.org.in/public_notices/aaisite_test/LIST-UNSERVED-AS-ON22NOV16.pdf |date=1 December 2017 }}, [[Airport Authority of India]], November 2016.</ref><ref name=bhond2>[http://www.airportsindia.org.in/public_notices/aaisite_test/DETAILS-UNSERVED-AS-ON22NOV16.pdf "Details of Unserved RCS airports."], [[Airport Authority of India]], November 2016.</ref><ref name=bhond3>[http://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/Final%20Regional%20Connectivity%20Scheme%20%28RCS%29.pdf UDAN-RCS Plan (final version, 2016)], [[Government of India]], 2016.</ref><ref name=bhond6/>
| |
| | |
| ==History==
| |
| ===Air strip===
| |
| {{see also | List_of_airports_in_India#Haryana | label 1 = Airports in Haryana | History_of_Haryana#Aviation | label 2 = Aviation history of Haryana | Civil_aviation_in_India#History | label 3 = Civil Aviation History of India | Aviation_History | label 4 = World Aviation History | Aviation_in_India | label 5 = Aviation in India | Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation }}
| |
| | |
| In 1948, first airstrip was built in Haryana when [[Ambala Air Force Station]] was established. During 1980s, the airstrip, hangar, air conditioned yoga ashram and TV studio were built by former Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]'s favorite godman and yoga guru [[Dhirendra Brahmachari]] who died in 1994 in a plane crash.<ref name=bhond6>1990, [https://books.google.com/books?id=I6R1g9aQqm0C "The Illustrated Weekly of India."], [[The Times Group]], Volume 111, Issues 13-25, p. 35.</ref> Indira use to visit Brahmachari here once a week.<ref name=bhond6/> The 1980s teleserials "India Quiz" and [[Hum Log (TV series)|Hum Log]] (ran from July 1984 to 17 December 1985) were shot here.<ref name=bhond6/> Brahmachari charged INR25,000 per shift for the use of ashram's TV studio facilities here for the shooting of Hum Log.<ref name=bhond6/> In 1983, Brahmachari had written letter to then Chief Minister of Haryana, [[Bhajan Lal]], with a request to acquire 5,000 acre land around [[Aravalli Range]], potentially up to 70,000 acres in total, to build facilities to rival [[Disneyland]], including a yoga research and training centre, a wildlife sanctuary, folk arts and crafts centre, amusement centre and other facilities such as helipad, aquarium, planetarium and games and thrillers.<ref name=bhond5>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/swami-dhirendra-brahmachari-plans-to-open-health-and-recreation-centre-in-gurgaon/1/372342.html "Swami's Disneyland."], [[India Today]], 28 February 1983.</ref> The aircraft hangar still has two ruined aircraft belonging to Brahmachari, likely including a [[Maule M-5]] American aircraft owned by him that landed him in investigations for tax evasions.<ref name=bhond12>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/swami-dhirendra-brahmachari-a-man-with-no-official-standing-but-awesome-power/1/410239.html "Dhirendra Brahmachari: The controversial yogi."], [[India Today]], 30 November 1980.</ref>
| |
| | |
| This airstrip lies near the "Bharat Yatra Kendra" "Bhondsi ashram" set up by the former Prime Minister [[Chandra Shekhar]] in 1983 on 600 acre of [[panchayat]] land, where another godman [[Chandraswami]] and godman's associate [[Adnan Khashoggi]] (a Saudi Arabian billionaire international arms dealer embroiled in various scandals) use to visit him.<ref name=bhond7>1996, [https://books.google.com/books?id=l05DAAAAYAAJ "India Today"], - Volume 21, Issues 7-12, p. 122.</ref><ref name=bhond8>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/visit-of-notorious-middleman-adnan-khashoggi-leaves-a-trail-of-perplexing-questions/1/317902.html "Creating a stir."], [[India Today]], 28 February 1991.</ref><ref name=bhond11>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/an-escape-to-nature-in-the-backyard-of-gurgaon/story-lasdCPsyY2jIS8UXIwV2dP.html "An escape to nature in the backyard of Gurgao."], [[Hindustan Times]], 20 June 2017.</ref> Before 2002, some of the government land of the ashram was taken back by the [[Government of Haryana]] on the instructions of then Chief Minister [[Om Prakash Chautala]] (in office 1989-91 and 1999-2004).<ref name=bhond9>2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=g_EvAQAAIAAJ "Outlook."], Volume 43, Issues 47-51, p. 102.</ref> In 2002, [[Supreme Court of India]] returned most of the land, barring some land, to the Bhondsi [[gram panchayat]].<ref name=bhond10>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/name-ashram-after-former-pm-vardhan/articleshow/59185541.cms "Name ashram after former PM Chandra Shekhar: Harsh Vardhan.], [[Times of India]], 17 June 2017.</ref>
| |
| | |
| ==Facilities==
| |
| It has a kilometre-long runway and an aircraft hangar large enough for 3 aircraft.<ref name=bhond6/>
| |
| | |
| ==Current status==
| |
| This airstrip is included in the [[Airport Authority of India]]'s [[UDAN|UDAN-RCS]] regional connectivity scheme to inaugurate new flight routes from the unserved airports in India.<ref name=bhond1/><ref name=bhond2/><ref name=bhond3/>
| |
| | |
| | |
| ==References==
| |
| {{Reflist|30em}}
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| [[Category:Gurgaon district]]
| |
| [[Category:Airports in Haryana]]
| |
| [[Category:Airports established in the 1980s]]
| |
| [[Category:1980s establishments in Haryana]]
| |
