INS Parundu

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INS Parundu
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Summary
Airport type Naval Air Station
Operator Indian Navy
LocationNear Uchipuli, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates 09°19′26″N78°58′22″E / 9.32389°N 78.97278°E / 9.32389; 78.97278
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
9203,017Asphalt

INS Parundu is an Indian naval air station located near Uchipuli in the Ramanathapuram of the state of Tamil Nadu. [1] It operates under the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. [2] [3] The air station will be opened up for civilian flights under Phase 2 of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) of the Government of India also known as UDAN and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has started preparatory work at the airstrip. [4] It is sandwiched between Rameswaram National Highway Road and Railway track which leads towards Rameswaram.

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History

The airfield in Ramanathapuram was previously the abandoned Ramnad Civil Aerodrome. Naval aviation first utilised the facilities in 1982, to monitor the Palk Strait in the wake of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

The facilities were fully transferred to the Navy on 9 June 1985, and the naval air station was initially commissioned INS Rajali II.

On 26 March 2009, the base was renamed and commissioned as INS Parundu, for the Tamil word for an eagle. The facilities have since been upgraded to operate larger aircraft. It is primarily used by the navy as a reconnaissance station to monitor the South East Bay of Bengal, the northern Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.

On 25 August 2017, an Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS) was added. [5]

Units

The primary units based at INS Parundu are Naval Air Squadrons (INAS) that operate HAL Chetak helicopters, Islander and Dornier 228 reconnaissance aircraft.

Besides upgrading the runway, the Navy has installed dedicated facilities to operate UAVs from the air station. [1] [6] INAS 344, operating IAI Heron and IAI Searcher Mk II UAVs is based at INS Parundu. [7] [8]

See also

Indian navy
Integrated commands and units
Other lists

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References

  1. 1 2 "Naval Air Stations". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Eastern Naval Command Authorities & Units". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "ENC Authorities & Units - INS Parundu". Indian Navy. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "AAI on top gear to start Udanflights from 3 towns by year-end". The Times of India . 29 March 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  5. ↑ SpokespersonNavy (25 August 2017). "VAdm SN Ghormade DGNaval Ops (DGNO) inaugurates Integ Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS) at INS Parundu TN @SpokespersonMoDpic.twitter.com/lcG3yC4Zvs". @indiannavy. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Indian Navy to Operate UAVs from INS Parundu". MarineBuzz.com. 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Navy all set to commission UAV squadron at Uchipuli". The Times of India . 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Indian Navy commissions its third UAV squadron". The Times of India . 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
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