Maharana Pratap Airport

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Maharana Pratap Airport
Airport-Udaipur Terminal.JPG
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Udaipur
LocationDabok, Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Elevation  AMSL 513 m / 1,684 ft
Coordinates 24°37′03.2″N73°53′40″E / 24.617556°N 73.89444°E / 24.617556; 73.89444
Website Udaipur Airport
Map
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UDR
Location of the airport in Rajasthan
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UDR
UDR (India)
Maharana Pratap Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
08/262,7439,000 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2023 - March 2024)
Passengers1,503,535 (Increase2.svg 10.9%)
Aircraft movements13,520 (Increase2.svg 23.1%)
Cargo tonnage247 (Decrease2.svg 35.7%)
Source: AAI [1] [2] [3] [4]

Maharana Pratap Airport( IATA : UDR, ICAO : VAUD) is a domestic airport serving Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is situated at Dabok, located 22 km (14 mi) east of Udaipur. [5] The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana (ruler) of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India.

Contents

The airstrip was used for the first time when a 4-seater Piper Super Cub landed in the airport on 16 November 1957. [6] [7] The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008. [8]

Structure

The 4-seater Piper aircraft landed first time at Maharana Pratap Airport on 16 November 1957 Dabok Airstrip.webp
The 4-seater Piper aircraft landed first time at Maharana Pratap Airport on 16 November 1957
View of the terminal from the apron Udaipur airport.jpg
View of the terminal from the apron

The airport is spread over 504 acres. [9] It has one 2,743 metre long runway. [10] Its 250 by 150-metre apron provides parking space for five Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 type aircraft at a time. [11] A new apron is also constructed on the left side of the existing apron for executive and private aircraft. [11] The new terminal building, measuring 12,000 sq.m., was constructed at a cost of ₹80 crore. [8] [4] The terminal has two aerobridges, 4 check-in counters and can handle 600 passengers during peak hours. [11] The airport is equipped with modern navigational and landing aids like Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), DVOR, and Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) and is equipped with a CAT-I Instrument Landing System (ILS). [4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinationsRefs.
Air India Delhi, Mumbai [12] [13]
Alliance Air Ahmedabad, Delhi [14]
IndiGo Bangalore, Bhopal,[ citation needed ] Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, [15] Jaipur, Mumbai, Surat [16] [17]
Vistara Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai [18]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at UDR airport. See Wikidata query.

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