Imphal Airport

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Imphal Airport

( Meitei: Imphal Malang Hithangpham)
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Government of Manipur
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Imphal
LocationTulihal, Imphal, Manipur, India
Elevation  AMSL 774 m / 2,540 ft
Coordinates 24°45′36″N093°53′48″E / 24.76000°N 93.89667°E / 24.76000; 93.89667
Website Imphal Airport
Map
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IMF
Location of airport in Manipur
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IMF
IMF (India)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
04/222,7469,009 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers1,274,666 (Increase2.svg 3.3%)
Aircraft movements12,861 (Increase2.svg 6.3%)
Cargo tonnage4,478 (Decrease2.svg 41.4%)
Source: AAI [1] [2] [3]

Imphal Airport [lower-alpha 1] ( IATA : IMF, ICAO : VEIM), officially renamed as Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, [lower-alpha 2] [4] [5] and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport, [lower-alpha 3] 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. The airport replaced the former Koirengei Airfield in 1959. [6]

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Development

In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$410 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$86 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport. [7] The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$72 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays (areas at an airport where aircraft can be parked, unloaded, loaded, refuelled, boarded, or maintained) and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block. [8]

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. [9]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air India Delhi, Dibrugarh, [10] Dimapur, Guwahati, Kolkata
Air India Express [11] Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata
Alliance Air Aizawl, [12] Dimapur, Guwahati, [13] Kolkata, Silchar [14]
IndiGo Agartala, Bangalore, Delhi, [15] Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong [16]
Mingalar Aviation Services Charter: Mandalay

Statistics

Busiest flights

Busiest flights out of Imphal per weekly, as of 12 July 2024. [17]
RankDestinationsFrequency (weekly)
1 Flag of India.svg Guwahati 38
2 Flag of India.svg Kolkata 35
3 Flag of India.svg Agartala 7
4 Flag of India.svg Aizawl 7
5 Flag of India.svg Delhi 7
6 Flag of India.svg Dibrugarh 7
7 Flag of India.svg Silchar 7
8 Flag of India.svg Dimapur 4
9 Flag of India.svg Shillong 3

Accidents and incidents

See also

Notes

  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. ↑ "Bir Tikendrajit International Airport" is named after Bir Tikendrajit (Meitei name: Athouba Koirengsana), a Meitei prince of the Ningthouja dynasty of Manipur Kingdom.
  3. ↑ "Tulihal International Airport" is named after "Ebudhou Tulihal", a Meitei guardian deity of the area where the airport is located.

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