Bhiwani Airport

Bhiwani Airport
IATA: none ICAO: VIBW [1] GPS: VIBW [1]
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Civil Aviation Department, Haryana
Location	Bhiwani, Haryana
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Elevation  AMSL	225 m / 738 ft
Coordinates	28°50′02″N76°10′43″E / 28.83389°N 76.17861°E / 28.83389; 76.17861
Website	www.haraviation.gov.in
Map
VIBW Location of airport in India Show map of Haryana VIBW VIBW (India) Show map of India
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 1,066 4,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Hub for the number of airlines 0 Number of scheduled airlines flying in 0 Number of scheduled weekly flights 0 Number of scheduled flight passengers 0 Number of runways 1

Bhiwani Aerodrome( ICAO : VIBW), also called Bhiwani Air Strip, is a public civil aerodrome adjacent to Gujrani village in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana. ^[2]

History

See also: Airports in Haryana, Aviation history of Haryana, Civil Aviation History of India, World Aviation History, Aviation in India, and Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation

In 1948, first airstrip was built in Haryana when Ambala Air Force Station was established.

In 1975, Bhiwani airstip was build on 128 acre with 1070 m runway and one hanger. ^[3]

On 31 July, 2013, the Chief Minister of Haryana announced that the Government of Haryana had applied for an expansion of the civilian airports namely Hisar Airport, Karnal Airport, Bhiwani Airport, Pinjore Airport and Narnaul Airport. Approval was granted by the central government for plans of the Hisar Domestic Airport and Karnal Domestic Airport. Discussions with the central government also considered setting up an additional cargo airport in the state. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

In July 2014, a Right to Information (RTI) request revealed that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India) (DGCA) had never received a formal proposal from the Congress Government of Haryana and there were no plans to upgrade the airport. ^[8]

As of January 2019, extension of runway was underway. The night landing facilities and hangar will also be built as airlines have approached the Haryana government to park their spillover "Non-scheduled Air Operations" (NSOP) aircraft from the congested IGI airport at Delhi to Bhiwani and Narnaul airport. Consequently, all five existing government airports in Haryana will be developed to have runway of at least 5000 feet (1524 m), night landing and parking hangars. ^{[9] [10]}

In 2024, runway length was increased 190 m to 1260m (4133 ft) to allow landing of medium size aircraft. ^[3]

In 2025, notification was issued to acquire additional 208 acre land of two village to further expand runway to allow larger cargo aircraft operation. There is also demand to build additional hangers and infrastructure for container operation. ^[3]

Flights

Currently, the airport has no scheduled commercial flight operations. The Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation (HICA) does not offer flying training nor preparation courses.

Infrastructure

As of 2018, airport has one hangar, a VIP lounge, day & night landing facilities. ^[11]

Flight training school

As of 2025, Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation (HICA) runs flight training schools from Bhiwani. ^[3]

See also

• Aviation portal
• India portal

• List of airports in India by state
  • Airports Authority of India
  • List of busiest airports in India
  • List of Indian Air Force bases
• Divisions of Haryana
• List of highways in Haryana
• Railway in Haryana

References

1. World Airport Codes.
2. "Bhiwani Airport Map". maplandia.com.
3. Chaudhary bansi lal airstrip in bhiwani will be expanded land of these villages will be acquired, haryanaekhabar.com, .
4. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News". tribuneindia.com.
5. "Punjab News Live, Headlines, Channel Live, Online, Live - Sikh News TWO new airports to be set up in Hisar and Karnal - Hooda - City Air News". cityairnews.com. 31 July 2013.
6. "Center government okayed civil airports at Hisar and Karnal". hindustantimes.com/. Archived from the original on 7 August 2013.
7. "Hisar, Karnal to have domestic airports - Chandigarh Tribune". Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
8. "RTI query nails Haryana's claims about airports at Karnal, Hisar". The Times of India. 20 June 2014.
9. All five airports in state to be developed expanded Archived 14 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine , The Tribune 8 January 2019.
10. haryana budgest 2018-19, Times of India, 9 March 2018.
11. EOI for HICA, Haryana Civil Aviation Department, accessed 15 August 2021.