Imphal Airport

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Imphal International Airport
Imphal airport.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment of Manipur
OperatorAirports Authority of India
ServesImphal, Manipur
LocationTulihal, Imphal, Manipur
Elevation AMSL774 m / 2,540 ft
Coordinates24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E / 24.76000; 93.89667Coordinates: 24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E / 24.76000; 93.89667
WebsiteImphal Airport
Map
IMF is located in Manipur
IMF
IMF
Location of airport in Manipur
IMF is located in India
IMF
IMF
IMF (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 2,746 9,009 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2021 - March 2022)
Passengers8,14,913 (Increase 65.4%)
Aircraft movement8,811 (Increase 55.1%)
Cargo tonnage7,195 (Increase 48.7%)
Source: AAI[1][2][3]

Imphal International Airport[lower-alpha 1] (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), formerly known as the Tulihal International Airport[lower-alpha 2] and currently officially renamed as the Bir Tikendrajit International Airport[lower-alpha 3],[4][5] is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second largest and the third-busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala.

A trilingual signboard in the airport displaying in Meitei (officially called Manipuri), Hindi and English

Statistics[edit]

See source Wikidata query and sources.


Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia IndiaDelhi, Guwahati, Kolkata
Air IndiaDelhi, Dibrugarh,[6] Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata
Air KBZCharter: Mandalay
Alliance Air Aizawl,[7] Dimapur, Guwahati,[8] Kolkata, Silchar[9]
FlyBigGuwahati, Tezu[10]
IndiGoAgartala, Bangalore, Delhi,[11] Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong[12]

Development[edit]

A Child Care Room in the Imphal International Airport with a signboard in Meitei, Hindi and English languages, showing official multilingualism in India.

In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$390 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$83 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport.[13] 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 (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.[14]

The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.[15]

Accidents and incidents[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • Imphal International Airport Visit.jpg
  • Sign at childcare room, Imphal airport.jpg

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ "Imphal International Airport" is the most common name but not the official name of the airport. It is called so because it is located in the Imphal city of Manipur.
  2. ↑ "Tulihal International Airport" is named after "Ebudhou Tulihal", a Meitei guardian deity of the area where the airport is located.
  3. ↑ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport" is named after Bir Tikendrajit (Meitei name: Athouba Koirengsana), a Meitei prince of the Ningthouja dynasty of Manipur Kingdom.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Renaming of Imphal Int'l Airport evokes reactions; orgs. demand revocation of resolution - Eastern Mirror". easternmirrornagaland.com. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport Opposition raised against new name". www.thesangaiexpress.com. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Air India domestic service increases from August 2022". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Three new flights connecting Assam, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram launched; check schedule". Times Now. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Alliance Air Schedule". Alliance Air.
  9. ↑ "Alliance Air Flags Off Silchar–Imphal Flight Service: 30 Passengers To Reach Destination In 35 Mins". Barak Bulletin. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Regional carrier Flybig introduces Guwahati-Tezu-Imphal flight". Business Today. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "New Flights Information, Status & Schedule | IndiGo". www.goindigo.in.
  12. ↑ "Shillong Airport new flights schedule". Twitter. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Agartala airport to be 3rd international airport in northeast". Economic Times. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "Kitco to set up new terminal building at Imphal airport". The Hindu. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  15. ↑ "4 Bidders for Imphal Airport's New Terminal Contract". The Metro Rail Guy. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  16. ↑ 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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