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Kangra Airport Gaggal Airport | |||||||||||
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 Kangra Airport Terminal | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Indian Air Force Airports Authority of India | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kangra, Dharamshala | ||||||||||
| Location | Kangra Himachal Pradesh, India | ||||||||||
| Time zone | Indian Standard Time (+5:30) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 770 m / 2,525 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°9′54″N 76°15′48″E / 32.16500°N 76.26333°E | ||||||||||
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  DHM  DHM | |||||||||||
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The Kangra-Gaggal Airport, officially known as Kangra Airport [1] (IATA: DHM, ICAO: VIGG) is a regional airport located at Gaggal in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, 12 km from Dharamshala , 8 kilometres from Kangra city center and 14 kilometres from the railway station at Kangra. Kangra Airport is located on the Pathankot-Mandi NH 154. Kangra Airport is the largest airport in Himachal Pradesh.
Structure
The Airport, spread over 1269 acres at an altitude of 2492 feet has one asphalt runway, oriented 15/33, 1376 metres long and 30 metres wide. Its 300 by 200 foot apron provides parking space for 2 turboprop aircraft like the ATR-72, while its terminal building can handle 100 passengers.
Navigational aids include PAPI lights and NDB.[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Taxi India | Hisar |
| Alliance Air | Chandigarh, Delhi |
| SpiceJet | Delhi |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kangra Airport". Airports Authority of India. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
External links
- Airport information for VIGG at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- Accident history for DHM at Aviation Safety Network
- Kangra (Gaggal) Airport at Airports Authority of India web site