Darbhanga Airport

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Darbhanga Airport
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Summary
Airport typeMilitary/Public
Owner Indian Air Force
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Darbhanga
LocationDarbhanga, Bihar, India
Opened8 November 2020(3 years ago) (2020-11-08)
Elevation  AMSL 171 ft / 52 m
Coordinates 26°11′41″N085°55′03″E / 26.19472°N 85.91750°E / 26.19472; 85.91750
Map
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DBR
Location of airport
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DBR
DBR (India)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
10/282,7439,000 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers526,066 (Decrease2.svg 14.3%)
Aircraft movements3,335 (Decrease2.svg 20%)
Cargo tonnage418 (Increase2.svg 54.3%)
Source: AAI [2] [3] [4]
Mithila painting at Darbhanga Airport Mithila paintings at Darbhanga Airport.png
Mithila painting at Darbhanga Airport
Apron area of the airport Darbhanga Airport Runway.jpg
Apron area of the airport

Darbhanga Airport( IATA : DBR, ICAO : VEDH) is a domestic airport and an Indian Air Force Station, serving Darbhanga, Bihar, India. It is located just at the outskirts of the city near the NH-105 and NH-57 highways, which passes through Darbhanga. The airport is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The foundation stone for the airport was laid by the then Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, and the then Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu, in the presence of the State Civil Aviation Minister, Jayant Sinha, on 24 December 2018. [5] After efforts taken by the then Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri. [6] Commercial flights started on 8 November 2020.

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History

This airport was built by Maharaja Kameshwar Singh Bahadur of Darbhanga when he started his own private airline. It was funded by a private aviation company Darbhanga Aviation after Second World War. He purchased three former military Douglas DC3 aircraft. Darbhanga Aviation was started in 1950 and became defunct in 1962. [7] During the 1962 Indo-China War, the airport was acquired by the Indian Air Force. [8]

Structure

Airport Authority of India built an Interim Terminal Building, a taxi track, and the apron area. The runway was strengthened to handle the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 and a pre-fabricated building was erected to serve as a temporary terminal building. [9] The government of India had sanctioned approximately ₹100 crores for these projects. [10] On 16 Feb 2021 one Apron of 167 mt X 62mt was made operational. This Apron can accommodate Two B737-800/A320 at a time making the landing of planes smoother. Earlier due to the lack of parking space, airplanes had to wait in the sky. [11] The terminal has six check-in counters, and a capacity to handle 200 peak hour passengers. A car parking facility has a capacity of 30 cars. [12]

UDAN Scheme

In January 2018, SpiceJet was selected to operate flights from Darbhanga to Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai, under the Government's Regional Connectivity Scheme called UDAN. [13] [14]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
IndiGo Hyderabad, Kolkata [15]
SpiceJet [16] Ayodhya, [17] Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at DBR airport. See Wikidata query.

Passenger, Aircraft Movement, and Cargo at Darbhanga Airport (2021-2022)

YearPassengersChangeAircraft MovementChangeCargo (MT)ChangeRef
2021–22619,948
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4,350
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96
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 [18]

Future

The Government of Bihar has the acquired additional 78 acres of the land and transferred to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), which has started the DPR process for the further expansion of the passenger terminal building at the airport. [19] The expansion plan is to develop a new passenger terminal, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower, cargo facilities among other facilities close to NH-27 is being considered by the AAI. [20] Darbhanga MP, Gopal Jee Thakur met Jayant Sinha and later Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and demanded to name the airport as Mahakavi Kokil Vidyapati Airport. [21] [22] This was also suggested by Jayant Sinha at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of the current passenger terminal, by naming the airport after famous Maithili poet, Vidyapati. [5]

As of March 2023, the Government of Bihar has acquired 24 acres of land for the runway expansion and another 54 acres for the construction of a new permanent terminal, while the remaining 24 acres for installation of Instrument Landing System (ILS) to facilitate night landing has been acquired and is under-construction, which will be completed by mid-2023. [23] [24] [19]

(Development of New Civil Enclave at Darbhanga, Bihar. SH:- Construction of New Terminal Building, Allied Structure and External Development works on Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) Model. Region / Airport : Eastern Region/Darbhanga Last Sale Date : 18-Jan-2024 17:00Department : Engineering)

(Reference: https://www.aai.aero/en/tender/tender-search?field_region_tid=All&field_airport_tid=All&term_node_tid_depth=All&field_tender_status_value=All&field_tender_last_sale_date_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&combine=darbhanga)

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