Imphal Airport

Imphal Airport
Imphal Airport
	IATA: IMF; ICAO: VEIM;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Public Government of Manipur
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Imphal, Manipur
Location	Imphal, Manipur, India
Elevation AMSL	774 m / 2,540 ft
Coordinates	24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°ECoordinates: 24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E
Map
	IMF IMF
Runways
Statistics (April 2020 - March 2021)
Passenger movements
Passenger movements	492,752(61.7%)
Aircraft movements	5,681 (42.7%)
Cargo tonnage	4,838 (36.4%)
	Source: AAI

Imphal Airport (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM) is a domestic airport located 7 km. south of Imphal, the capital of Manipur state in India. It is the third busiest airport in northeastern India after the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport.

Statistics

See source Wikidata query and sources.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia India	Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata
Air India	Aizawl, Delhi, Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata
Alliance Air	Dimapur, Guwahati^[4]
IndiGo	Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi,^[5] Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Shillong^[6]

Development

In June 2019, AAI implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$390 million) projects for the up-gradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$83 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Bir Tikendrajit International Airport.^[7] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$69 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays and link taxiways, a new air traffic control tower and a control and technical block.^[8]

Accidents and incidents

On 16 August 1991, Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed while on approach to the airport, killing all 69 people on board.^[9]

References

↑ "Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
↑ "Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
↑ "Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
↑ "Alliance Air Schedule". Alliance Air.
↑ "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.
↑ "Shillong Airport new flights schedule". Twitter. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
↑ "Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
↑ "Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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External links

Imphal Airport at the Airports Authority of India

[1] "Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

[2] "Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

[3] "Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

[4] "Alliance Air Schedule". Alliance Air.

[5] "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.

[Shillong_New_Flights-6] "Shillong Airport new flights schedule". Twitter. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[7] "Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[TH1-8] "Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[9] Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced VT-EFL Imphal Municipal Airport (IMF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

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