Bokaro Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private and Public[2] | ||||||||||
| Owner | Steel Authority of India Limited | ||||||||||
| Operator | [Airports Authority of India] | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bokaro Steel City | ||||||||||
| Location | Bokaro, (Jharkhand) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 218 m / 715 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°38′36″N 86°08′56″E / 23.64333°N 86.14889°E | ||||||||||
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  VEBK Location of the airport in Jharkhand  VEBK VEBK (India) | |||||||||||
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Bokaro Airport (ICAO: VEBK) is an upcoming public airport owned by SAIL and located in Bokaro Steel City, in the state of Jharkhand, India.[3][4] There are no scheduled flights to the airport at the moment. The airport was included in the UDAN regional connectivity scheme[5][6][7] and its expansion is underway to facilitate scheduled operations.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Airport codes BOKARO". airportsbase.org.
- ↑ "Jharkhand's Bokaro Airport to connect with Patna and Kolkata under RCS-UDAN". www.timesnownews.com.
- ↑ Pioneer, The. "UDAN flights from Bokaro soon". The Pioneer.
- ↑ "Bokaro Airport To Be Connected With Patna, Kolkata By 'Udan' Flights". NDTV.com. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ "News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ↑ "UDAN-4 eyes flights in hilly areas, islands, NE, Ayodhya – Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "UDAN: How steel giant SAIL's tie-up with Airports Authority of India will help in air connectivity development". 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "5,000 trees to be felled for Bokaro airport upgrade | Ranchi News – Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ Pioneer, The. "Bokaro Airport readies for commercial flights". The Pioneer.
- ↑ "India announces second round of UDAN routes". ch-aviation.
- ↑ Pioneer, The. "Glider flying training facility kicks-off at Bokaro". The Pioneer.
- ↑ "Jharkand's [sic] Bokaro steel city becomes 1st small city airport to get AAI's mobile ATC tower". www.timesnownews.com.
- ↑ "Jharkhand's Bokaro Airport to connect with Patna and Kolkata under RCS-UDAN". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ "Bokaro airport will be connected with Patna, Kolkata through Udan flights: AAI". mint. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Airport information for VEBK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.